~BADLY WRITTEN RANT AHEAD~
This manga is in a weird place in my head. It's like watching a beautiful train crash off a cliff, but you cant see the bottom and cant know for sure it really crashed.
I get the feeling Aya genuinely cares about Marikia. The moments Aya felt embarrassed or opened up felt genuine. At the very least, felt more genuine than her smug persona.
I completely agree with what people are saying about Aya being too forceful. Anyone notice how Aya gives Marika 10k per day instead of 1m at the end, even though Marika has to give the money back if she fails either the wager or the contract? That's a manipulation tactic. If she were to give Mari the money at the end, Mari could quit at any point and not feel any loss. Whereas by giving the money to her a little at a time, the situation changes from "I could lose out on the chance for 1m" to "I'll be losing 500k." It's taking advantage of loss aversion and the sunk cost fallacy to keep Marika hooked. Highly suspicious.
I have no idea where this story could go from here. Marika has very clear growing feelings for Aya and probably a good amount of internalized homophobia that's now melting away, but she's falling in love after being highly manipulated, have her boundaries broken repeatedly, and even when she made it clear she didn't care about the contract she wanted to avoid "doing lewd things" she was sexually assaulted. On top of that, Marika thinks Aya was cheating on her. I have no idea how she could rebuild her relationship at this point. (The story is probably going to act luke they jist had sex and ignore the sexual assault)
I'm still going to read though. The story is f'd up but it's unlike anything I've read before. I genuinely don't know how this story will end or what twist is around the corner. I suspect that the foreigner (cant remember her name) isn't a genuine relationship for Aya. Either the foreigner is joking/lying, there's something shady going on, or one of them is a prostitue. I don't believe Aya is trying to two time, at least.