Honestly the ml looks like a smug bastard he looks emotionless like literally I’m confus...

Are we reading the same story lmao "emotionless", u really suck at determining a character's personality...

I do really suck at it, I did overreact with emotionless lol but I’m so confused at the start I thought he was messing with her or not

I see ur point, his motives weren't as clear. But if you look at the way he interacts with her you can see that he genuinely cares (▰˘◡˘▰)