After reading chapter 40 and some comments I am enlightened to think....
The ML is well liking the MC ... In his own way. Bad part is he wants to make sure that he still gets to be emperor and keep her as his wife, hence the idea of betrayal so that he could get legitimate approval from the Duke's family. This way it's also impossible for her to get away from him. Which is well, we can see how this will go ,,
After reading chapter 40 and some comments I am enlightened to think....
The ML is well liking the MC ... In his own way. Bad part is he wants to make sure that he still gets to be emperor and keep her as his wife, hence the idea of betrayal so that he could get legitimate approval from the Duke's family. This way it's also impossible for her to get away from him. Which is well, we can see how this will go ,,