Jechk

it's impressive no one crashed out in the company yet lol. workplace dynamic aside, no one also knows how much yi-tae is being paid, but i feel like in the real world, hr would gossip, and ofc the info would make its rounds to the company.

i reread the previous chapters with this new upload (chapter 8), and his actions come off as worse the second time around, the time when u really got to think about an information because processing it the first time has already been done. even with his side laid out, there's just no excuse. it's still true what nicole said, he's still thinking about the princess even when he was with her, even if for him it was pity. but like, literally your fiance was there with u. i can feel sorry for someone, but not to the extent like he did when i'm with my boyfriend. it's just different you know. idk why in his perspective he's making himself look like a saint or is justifying his neglect to nicole by basically thinking/saying "it's not what she thinks"... it is though, the truth is, he just didn't care that much about her. i think their social roles and hierarchy also plays into this; he's so used to being the prize, what with being the heir and the norms in his country are, that before (and y'all cannot change my mind about this), he thinks Nicole's lucky she gets to be with him (which is why the arrow struck him when bob-haired against-DV defender leader said something like along those lines).
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then u think about their traditions, like going together in the soiree, or eating together at lunch... those are there because the men liked their fiancees enough.
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lowkey i want to see what he would've done if he came upon the realization that nicole doesn't care anymore without others' meddling. remember, it was the student council members who urged him to have lunch with her, even go on a fricking date! like, is he a mama's boy or something that can't do anything without being told what to do?