Mm no. While he def is so far a red flag ML (although I struggle with this label, in modern times he is a red flag, in the time zone this is being portrayed he absolutely could have been more violent and impulsive with her and it would have been ok. Heās been very ākindā for the time this is taking place. So red flag if you look at it from modern time zones and just straight up dangerous for the time period she is in. Bro operates like a mafia boss), in the moment she has intercourse with him she offered up her body. Itās not rape so much as itās a form of prostitution. Sheās giving her body in return to protect her sister. She offered it to him first.
Now. The sickly bathtub incidents, where he molests and pets her is debatable because she kind of wanted it but also she couldnāt really consent to it. Like she was having fever dreams basically about being with him but it all kind of started from him touching her so. And again this circle backs to time and place a story is set in as well as the fact that they are unequal in status. Honestly her childhood friend is more of a red flag to me. What heās doing to her sister is fucked and he seems kinda unhinged and not in the sexy bad boy way of the male lead but like in not all there. Also he felt a bit like a groomer when he talked about how he educated her all so in his grand plan of making her his.
He didnāt though. You need to reread the chapters because he said she could run away and she confirmed she liked it in the new chapter, it wasnāt forced.
Hot bastard basically raped her.