That is actually easily explained.The thing is that it was supposed to have a NTR route at the begining. Don't know why be it changed to light cheating... And indeed I am disapointed ^^
When everything is still a concept things might look different than they will be later on. And it's my first game so specially back then I had like 0 experience. The whole time before I even started rendering pictures and putting them together in renpy writing down things like NTR here and NTR there was pretty easy. But then when the game made the first steps I realized that it is not that easy anymore.
While the harassment from the boss on Ava's first work place had a way bigger part. And there were a lot of other things planned.The younger guy on Ava's last workplace. Even on Zoe's birthday.. I just realized staying on this way Lovephobia would become just common NTR slop. Ava is not like that.
For like 95% or even more Lovephobia is just another game like all the others. But for me it's much more. All my heart and all my emotions are in last 6 month are in that game.. destroying it(in my eyes) just to please people is something I can't do.
But I understand that you and probably a lot of other people are disappointed.
Ok took me way longer and it was not as easy to explain it than I thought, haha.