I don't think you read this story
Start all over again
He gave all his trust to Jake. All of his trust
All of a sudden he doesn't know if Jake is a mafia or a cop. He doesn't know which Jake is real
The difference is that we know the story because of the third person view. If we didn't we would have reacted like shin
Shin did the best thing for himself. And that is to flee
Ross is out for him and now since he doesn't know who or what Jake is.. it's best he saves himself
Better safe than sorry
So please re-read this book and make sure your phone isn't upside down
Ok put yourself in shin's shoes
You meet a man who's a gangster
You trust him as a gangster and start doing gang shit with him
He does suspicious things but...oh well he's a gangster. Anything's possible
Now all of a sudden because of a mission that was botched you get a very heavy inkling that he might be a cop which is technically almost worse than being a gangster because you can't trust cops
Not only that... Jake's coworkers all told him to tell shin because shin is his lover and you don't lie to your lover
At least not a lie of this magnitude
And why can't Shin trust Jake? Because if Jake is an undercover cop that means everything they've had together is a lie
Undercover cops create a different life during their mission
And once their mission is done...so is that life
So yes
Shin can't trust Jake
I don't even want him to
Jake should crawl and beg cause he was wrong and that's it
So please re-read the book from the top
You might understand better
I’m not writing a whole thinkpiece on this. Idc how deep the bond is. It’s normal to no longer trust someone who lied about who they are. Jake lied, Shin is hurt and confused. This is a normal human reaction. No intelligent person just ignores that they were lied to.
Maybe that’s the disconnect here. Idk.
Jake told all his colleagues that shin could be trusted and proceeds not to trust shin himself
And as far as I know Jake isn't blaming shin cus he knows he's dead wrong. That's why he's stalking him like a dam dog about to lick his owners boots
So no need to be in Jake's shoes. He's wrong for what he did
And don't ever say shin's love is weak because he's an ordinary civilian protecting himself from not only the mafias but a damn cop
And I pity you fr because if you were in shin's shoes you would have stayed with a man who still didn't say the truth after being caught
And that how bitches get killed
if jake had said from the start that he's doing undercover shit then he could've had a fighting chance. but he led shin to believe that he's a gang leader and pulled shin into dangerous situations that went against shin's morality. so bc shin had a fucking backbone, he left. we only know jake is good bc we can see what he's doing, but if we can only see from shin's pov, then how tf are we supposed to know jake is gang banging or actually law enforcement???? jake was moving like a gang member, so shin will treat him like a gang member. "im ride or die" and bitches actually die out there bc they ride too hard. if you genuinely go around trusting mfs willy nilly like that then your life is in god's hand at this point.
Shin ur fckn stupid I hate u on this