lmfao so the duke knew that his wife is righteous and overall a good person but still treated her like s*ht
this is probably the worst male lead i ever seen, and i've seen MANY
actually, why do so many authors do that? they set up the story of both leads not getting along, and present them like they actually don't know each other well/they have many misunderstandings of each other which fuels their problems. but then, when it's convenient, turns out both of them have known for a long time that the other is actually a kind soul like ???