Little nitpick of mine. I'm fine when characters do the whole "keep our relationship a secret", but something about people hiding their engagements, especially w/ mc's like this, it just ticks me off. Like, wouldn't it be better for you if you told people? Sure they'd resent you, but then fmc can openly support you and possibly even get others to favor you. On the other hand, when you keep it a secret, it only makes people jealous that the mc gets game and they don't. And chances are, it'll lead to them bullying the mc and backlash from fmc that only harms her.