i read this elsewhere up to ch 16 but i just had to get it off my chest that ML's actions are PISSING ME TF OFF i already know my cute MC is gonna be so hurt when he finds out ML is doing all of this behind his back
i think my issue is that even if ML never physically touched or slept with someone else he still went to someone else first for sexual help after MC had already said he wanted their first experiences to be together if i were in MC's shoes i would've wanted us to figure things out together, talk about what we wanted to try, make mistakes, and improve together nobody expects their partner to be an expert the first time so it's not really about the misunderstood "cheating" for me but seeing ML try to become an "expert" behind MC's back that feels like a small betrayal of that shared learning experience
i like the premise but the pacing needs work if only it let the reader sit with a scene for a bit before moving on so fast