Male lead was doing fine seeing through the sleazeball normie's gaslighting attempt, but then he did a 180 and almost took the bait, hook line and sinker on Pg. 10 because of his insecurity...
Almost cheered for him because of Pg. 11, but... way to ruin the way he stood up for her; back to being a coward in one page so quickly after almost growing a spine...
This chapter was a Yes. Yes. NO! Yes. NO! moment with this guy.
Watching Aina wreck the sleazy normie with facts and logic was really satisfying. But the thought that he becomes a recurring annoyance after this is... Ugh.