ok, I promised I wouldn't read this but I can't help myself, even though this chapter, the previous one and the next one makes me ick..anyway, for my tedtalk on this chapter, (this is my opinion only, ok? don't hate me) I get where TJ is coming from and why he's like that, first of all he's hardcore AMBITIOUS and he's ready to bury his feelings for Ian to get what he wants, that includes Ian's own independency in life. he also lets Ian have seggs with others and he also have seggs with others and for as long as I can tell with the previous chapters, he have seggs with women only, so his male partner is exclusively Ian. he doesn't want to drive Ian away any further since he clearly have Ian's ex-seggs partners beat up in the past, so he let's Ian do what he wants as long as he gets to have Ian stay by his side. and Ian's well aware of all of this that's why he wants out, but he has lingering feelings too, so this does feel like Lucky Paradise in dark noir setting.
Comment by Kks on Wet Sand - Chapter 25
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