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Hm, I don't believe in a better match unless there's an actual second lead that's better of has demonstrated to have had a better relationship progress with either MC or ML.
Ipsae is the MC while Haneum is the ML, both are actually mutually like each other in a way. Saying Ipsae is unsuited because of his previous behavior WHILE SINGLE is wild, just because he had many partners he REITERATED never accepted as lovers doesn't make him an asshole or any less than a pure MC or a celibate MC, it's just his rich boy arrogance but we work on that. Haneum is a stone into a still lake, what he never considered before in a relationship starts to surface in Ipsae's perception. It's messy, it's not in sync with what people want, but there's change.
Why would Haneum like Ipsae? As he said, he saw sides of him no one else bothered to think about, Ipsae did care for him in his own weird way and Haneum actually caught the hints and interpreted them for himself. Because your first impression of someone is bad, it shouldn't stop you from getting to know them and maybe liking (tolerate) them a bit more.
There was this girl I thought Hella stupid, later I saw she was kinda lonely and tried to fit the popular girl group and was actually kinda smart. Still hate her tho (she did some REAL morally questionable things), but at least I know I dislike her for conforming to such rules and making it seem to the world she is a dumb quirky girl, while I appreciate her brains (for actually thinking the most efficient way to look stupid in class).