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I think they are trying to blur the obvious endgame. So we get invested and divide us LOL. We all know it's gonna be PD! That's his true love, and there is no reason it's not gonna be him. The MC being wishy-washy with his bounderies is kinda disappointing.
Anyway, this was a short chapter with a lot of text no substance.

why spend so much time establishing a connection with the redhead when mc will still end up pivoting towards the producer in the end? He gets barely any screen time apart from nothingburger sex scenes and yet im supposed to root for him, clearly. weird to sideline the ml like that, no matter the endgame, but this story is still one of the best