I think it's where the writing is brilliant. It's still in the shadows.The husband is so unimportant in this story, he might as well be nonexistent. He holds no agency in what his wife does, nor how she treats him. I get the 'taboo' or kink in these types of stories, but the husband might as well be mentioned in text only. She bosses him around, verbally treats him poorly while saying she 'loves him', but none of her actions or behavior portrays this (besides the ugly sad face). It kind of remands me of the husband in AWAM. He's there and the wife is doing things behind his back, but he's almost entirely an afterthought. As far as NTR stories, this is one of the 'better' ones, but as a writer myself, it's a low bar to begin with. Regardless, nice of the dev to just release this VN for fun. Props to him for that!
At first, the plot seems simple, a decent housewife is falling for another man, and will fall into depravation because of this
passion, no matter the consequences for her family. But after the 2 chapters, the author gave us little clues that maybe all is not that simple. It's only my interpretation, but 2 discussions are important.
In chapter 1 between Hutch and Vivian about the "kitchen pass", 3 possibilities :
- Hutch is frightened to lose his job and let Vivian fuck Christian to keep it
- Hutch is so in love with her, so caring about her needs that he is willing to let her fuck Christian
- Hutch is so humiliated that he lets her fuck him, so that he has time and space to plot something against them
In chapter 2 between Vivian and Christian in the end about lies, 2 possibilities :
- Vivian is totally under the spell of Christian and she will be his plaything no matter his lies
- Vivian realized after the "rape" that Christian is only using her, and it's her that tells him what he wants to hear because she is plotting something
So all possibilities are open. And if some seem more likely to happen than others, we can't be sure what the next move will be. Brilliant writing !