Believing rumours without proper evidence makes a person an utter jerk. Since blondie is the one who has been with her most often of course he might find it difficult to believe but, for one, that's not exactly the case with the ML and, for two, you're forgetting the reason why the CP agreed to marry her in the first place. His reason was pretty sh!tty.
i mean except the rumors were actually all true. She really was a terrible awful person. of course he didnt know all the backstory as to why she was originally such a bitch but the og was pretty nasty to everyone. So I can kinda understand why he would plan to sacrifice a terrible person for his plan. dosnt make what he did any less shitty but he actually wasn't wrong about who she used to be and the intel he had gathered on her.
I'm not defending CP. Ffs, dude is "In LoVe" with someone who could be Trashta's cousin. I don't trust stupid man like him. But his reaction to Lesian's change is the most realistic among all the potential love interests and I like it.
Btw, the Duke seems to be close to the CP. At least, they seem to work together a lot even before Lesiams transmigration. That being said, how come he didn't meet the previous Lesian? Is this a plot hole???????
No chemistry between MLs and FL,they fell in love for no reason