You’re reading a romance novel or one with a major romantic subplot and then the designated love interest of the female (or male) protagonist does something that hurts the protagonist and you hate them for it, and wish they didn’t end up together… but sure, they end up together.
Due to the nature of this discussion, spoilers from the books are included.
Example of how to write:
Gideon de Villiers from The Ruby Red Trilogy.
>!spoiler here!
The Abandoned Empress. I hate hate HATE Ruve. I wish he was dead so Tia didn’t have to end up with him. I don’t care what anyone says, he literally r*ped her, tortured her and made her life a living hell. The ending almost made me want to kill myself from frustration.
I hated it at first too, but then *time travel*.
Still! I really don’t know how she didn’t get ptsd after all that he did to her. Carsien was so much better for her.