Holy traumabond

Oh, MC... That's called (emotional) Stockholm syndrome, babes. You don't like/love him, you're trauma bonded.

It's frustrating cause, just before he confessed his feelings to his boss, the MC said everything the way it was - he was abused, beaten, stuff was done against his will. Just because he 'consented' to exchanging sex for a position there, he didn't consent to BDSM/SM play. It was all forced onto him, and the ML played dumb when he said he thought all the tears meant he was playing along... He knew damn well the MC was scared and inexperienced. He showed signs of sexual trauma before having penetrative sex. Yet after all this, the poor traumatized MC felt abandonment issues and didn't want to lose the ML.

The only good thing about this story is how it portrays the feelings and attachment issues of a person who's deeply traumatized, like the MC. I think that's also the point of the manhwa, and what I genuinely like about it. To show what it's like to cling onto a person who's hot and cold, who hurts you and then consoles you, because the MC needed to be consoled after what happened to him as a teen. He relives this as to come in terms with what happened, and because his parents don't accept him due to his sexuality, he craves acceptance by a person who's also seemingly cold, harsh and demanding.