
I'm glad that most comments are understanding of Ruby's situation, but it IRKS me with the victim blaming I see. I think those guys need to re-read the story, because Ruby was, even in her former life, physically abused HER WHOLE LIFE. She sees herself as unloveable and disgusting, that nobody will truly care for her when knowing everything she's been through - she sees HERSELF as the one being in the wrong/not good enough and not deserving of good treatment. This is being made even more clear by her bulimia; she can't even be in her own body and just wants some sort of control over her life - which she doesn't have.
She has been living her whole life acting like nothing is wrong and everything's fine, and let's not forget Iske's former treatment of her which was cold and indifferent, where she again was desperate for acceptance/him caring for her and had to do so JUST in order to survive. Them being in love NOW is great, but it's not so simple as "to just tell him" the heaviest and in her eyes the most disgusting "flawed" secret she has.
Sorry for the rant, but I just can't stand some of the stuff I'm reading.

I figure Oscar is the ML, as we've been told Gil already is preparing to get over his feelings and accepting her with someone else, whereas Oscar doesn't have that much of a complicated relationship with FL. Not to mention, she sees Gil as her younger brother and only has family love for him - they did grow up together as genuine siblings after all..... ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ But who knows

sorry, can someone remind me how Penelope ended up as the fake daughter? how has no one known the "real" daughter was someone else and who put Penelope there in the first place? like game/story-wise, not the Penelope we know?

What they said, they picked her up randomly in the street in the slums bc Penelope was a lookalike and i suppose the family is superficial, they didn't want any rumors being spread that the biological daughter was gone or disappeared randomly (idr what exactly happened to the biological daughter but penelope acts in place like a pretend daughter)

Yupp, thats why they treated her poorly in the first place, the brothers just knew that Penelope wasn't their actual younger sister due to her dark pink hair that didn't resemble anyone in the family. The servants in the household just found no point in serving her since, she held no actual power or influence in the family; the father didn't give a damn about her so they neglected her. No problem lovie <3
WOW the official translations/quality is a league of itself. makes me almost sad I started this wayyy back I advice everyone to take a look at the official prologue, it's so nice!
Thank you! I was thinking I’ll go back and read it again once the story reaches her birthday. I’m more curious as to what happens when the easy mode starts.
Right!! I'll def re-read the entire thing when it's concluded, have a feeling it's nearing the end