Don't know WHY people are dissing the ML. For starters, he told Julia it was never going to be serious and only casual. He is an adult, as is she, and adults are allowed casual relationships when all agree. Also, he had apparently tried breaking it off with her already, before he made a serious move on Grace. He and Grace never went past kissing, even when they confessed that they truly loved each other, and the ONLY reason he thought of marrying Julia was because she lied about being pregnant.
As for the "He slept with her friend though" argument, that went down the drain the moment Julia LIED to Grace about being pregnant, just so she could make Grace an unwitting accomplice to her lies so she could get Matteo trapped in a marriage he didn't want. At that point, Julia showed she cared more about getting her "pay day" than she did about her "friend."
Maybe I am just looking at this differently, but I think that Matteo is actually one of the rare decent MLs in Harlequin. The only toxic person here was Julia. And as far as she is concerned, good riddance to bad rubbish.
Don't know WHY people are dissing the ML. For starters, he told Julia it was never going to be serious and only casual. He is an adult, as is she, and adults are allowed casual relationships when all agree. Also, he had apparently tried breaking it off with her already, before he made a serious move on Grace. He and Grace never went past kissing, even when they confessed that they truly loved each other, and the ONLY reason he thought of marrying Julia was because she lied about being pregnant.
As for the "He slept with her friend though" argument, that went down the drain the moment Julia LIED to Grace about being pregnant, just so she could make Grace an unwitting accomplice to her lies so she could get Matteo trapped in a marriage he didn't want. At that point, Julia showed she cared more about getting her "pay day" than she did about her "friend."
Maybe I am just looking at this differently, but I think that Matteo is actually one of the rare decent MLs in Harlequin. The only toxic person here was Julia. And as far as she is concerned, good riddance to bad rubbish.