I’m sure the author is gonna hit us with there having been some misunderstanding in the past later on but chapter 8 made me so sad. I know he wasn’t exactly abusive in that chapter but him not listening to her say it hurts, being on his phone right after, talking down to her about her interest in philosophy… it just makes me sad for her. It’s so realistic. I had a friend with a boyfriend like that and she just couldn’t walk away. It took him breaking up with her and kicking her out of his house for her to not go back