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I felt that something was wrong with the story, but couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Your comment kind of said it all. It’s as though the ML gets the comfortable marriage, but never the passionate love that she wasted on the scumbag of the year winner.
I guess it's implied, but she didn't outright reject her cheating ex and never admitted to loving the ml at the end. At best she said she chose him, which was ok when she said it, but I expected at least a little "I love you" in the last panel to show her growth. And I'm not convinced she automatically realized her ex was scum and stopped loving him just because he confronted her and "showed his true colors" because she already knew his true colors and not only remained in love with the ex for the majority of the story but was also outright WAITED for him to return to her, abandoning his cheating ways and the girl he knocked up.
She was so odd, I know of people who can't help but hold a candle for their ex, but never a person who willingly held one for an asshole ex. Even if it's hard and illogical why their feelings persist, they work to try to find love from someone else. It's like she enjoyed living in misery and had no self-respect. In the end, I feel sorry for the ml, since the story has left me thinking she never actually falls in love with him. This doesn't mean they don't have a happy marriage, it's just sad for him.