there is 0 ntr here , people keep spamming the buzzword but for one to cheat one has to be in a relationship to begin with
I really hate this trope, and I can't believe I'm going to defend it, but...
Relationships aren't
required for NTR. NTR is the emotional aspect of an extremely intense betrayal, leaving the victim emotionally devastated. Similar to bukake or doujinshi, it's been turned into a porn-y/sex slang term by the internet seeing a limited amount of the subject and coming up with their own interpretation of it. Or a pearl necklace, to use an English term.
So...yeah. This is valid NTR, even though more in line with the internet's meaning of NTR than the actual one.
Besides, all the scheming and gaslighting this little shithead was doing had a lot of other people convinced that they basically WERE in a relationship... so it would be NTR from your definition as well
