The noise of anguish that left my lips as I finished the current chapter lmao. Gonna leave this to marinate until December also, author - for the love of God - let that puppy crush just be a puppy crush that dies once that girl realizes that she's already a family to the MC and that nothing will change that. I've read plots like this where the parental figure abuses the insecurity of the other character and dates/marries them. On my knees begging, pls be different