
Besides the story being boring with little to no element of plot or kink, there's literally no redemption here for the ML. He's knowingly and willingly infected an innocent person for his amusement and is pressuring them to be with him, that's it, that's the story so far, there's no coming back from that. Psychopaths are usually intelligent and make for interesting characters but this one is just tedious, bland and unlikeable.

Aside from safety razors not having those blades, I don't get why he couldn't just talk to hwayoung and tell him this was something he needed to go do, and that the moment it was over he would return and explain everything.
The lack of communication and choosing to be hurtful by leaving him is just disrespectful to hwayoung and to the relationship on the whole. D/S is built of trust and communication. I really don't get this point of the plot.

I think Chuck threatened hwayoung and although heās capable of handling himself and he has the backing of his family, he doesnāt want his lover and master to be hurt. He did it this way so hwayoung wouldnāt interfere until all of it was over. What I donāt get is why he didnāt just leave in the dead of night, go to Chuck, say he broke up and then shoot him with the gun. He knew Chuck was gonna give him a weapon. Why didnāt he make a plan involving killing Chuck? Itās not like itās the first time heās killed someone anyway.

If I'm not wrong, there were other people out there, besides chuck, are supposed/able to force Gyuwon into participating in the mission. So, if Gyuwon were to do that, there'd be a huge chance that Hwayoung will get more endangered. He and Chuck also go a long way back at least that's what it seems in my perspective, hence, even if he did thought about that; he'd hesitate.

But he hates chuck. Going way back could mean anything. I go way back with my mother and yet I hate her guts. I do agree that it could be due to others but the reason they want gyuwon is because heās the strongest of those there so why would they go against him if heās got a gun and is already on a shooting spree? Also as far as I know, only Chuck is aware of hwayoungs significance and existence. He even said āafter this is done, you can go back to himā so itās not like he has any investment in whether or not gyuwon is in a relationship. He just doesnāt want gyuwon distracted. So my point still stands. Why did the breakup have to be real? Why not just kill Chuck and make an example of him? Thatās the merc way to begin with.
There's a part of me what was dreading he was going to get full on jealous of hodu. I'm so glad that's not the case and he sees the puppy as a lost baby, not as competition for affection.
He actually was in the novel. It was poignant because it showed Heeseong's insecurity stemming from being abandoned by his pack 2x (by his family and then by his jerk of a hyung fr the casino)
Yup!