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!
Listen. I’m not saying that gideon isn’t a huge red flag and if he existed irl i would bpepperspray him without remorse but i genuinely don’t remember him cheating on her??
I’m not saying he was unfaithful to her, I’m saying that, although he truly loved her, he manipulated her to control her.