AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, the last part, c'mon, C'MON!!!! The author is playing with our feelings!!!! I really hope is mutual and that they'd be able to overcome the things together now pls pls~ Tnks for the chapter <3
Tbh honest I don't mind where the story is going, particularly I don't even thing her boss likes her or whatever, they've never been close in the first place so maybe this was just the moment where both had a chance to connect with each other a bit more, and yeah, a realization for him as it was for her.
He said he wasn't the type to hide his feelings so for me it's obvious that he's not feeling attached to her yet, and yeah, ofc we're walking towards the "two male leads who likes her" path now, but that was obvious since the moment we met her boss as a character. One of the main points of the story (if not the most important) is to discover if the first love can bloom again regardless of the situation that made it shattered in the first place or if it's better to move on to a different place where can be born new flowers, hence it's logical to have two love interests.
I do agree the main issue is how dense/naive she is, but that's her character, my wish is that after facing these events face to face she'll mature more, that'd be wholesome. :")