are we reading the same story? he is literally blaming himself for everything…as he thought she never even wanted to marry him in the first place. i think his reaction is incredibly realistic tbh (as fictional as this story is LMAO) and this conversation is one that needed to be had, they’re adults that must communicate (finally)!
Y'all just trying to find anything to mess with riftan. You've only read whatever you wanted and forgot that he literally laid his feelings bare in this chapter. Yes he said " why YOU didn't tell me, why YOU went back... etc " BUT he also said " I am to blame, I got you pregnant, I shouldn't have brought you, I made you suffer, I wanted only to see your face, I shouldn't have married you because I knew you didn't want me" and so on. And he NEVER blamed her. He even said "I made YOU follow ME" when we perfectly know that he asked her to stay in Anatole and she chose not to. He blames himself and his "why"s are just questions, he wants to understand. So please stop. He never treated her like her father, otherwise her character development would never have happened. And she said it herself, she LOVED that he treated her like she was SPECIAL. And that here contradicts whatever nonsense you're spouting
I thought we are over this. Y'all ruin whole vibes
“conversation” and it’s literally just riftan yelling at maxie the whole chapter until she starts blaming herself as always . like sigh bro. either way im not hating on the story i love it, it’s so complicated and the characters are complex. im just not riftans biggest fan atm
Realistic for a toxic man, yes.
Yeah calling out toxic behavior, you're ruining the vibes said every enabler / complicit bystander to an abusive relationship ever.
Clock that shit
Y'all dont complaint enough about her and her father's relationship but riftan is the problem when he is trying to keep her happy. Okay.
not always. most people would be mad and upset if someone they cared about kept getting hurt.
facts!!!
riftan has such a odd way of comforting maxine… like fym you rescue your wife from her abusive fathers home (mid-beating mind you) and your first real conversation w her is you yelling at her and basically blaming her for the whole thing… “ WHY DID YOU GO” “WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME” idk man maybe because your treat her damn near the same minus the physical aspect?