
I don’t like how the author is handling this age gap at all, tried giving this a chance thinking they’d address it properly but stuff like the discussion between the adults in that house only worrying about society’s perception of them and not the relationship itself honestly creeped me out like one of the other comments pointed out.
Author really is trying to drag out justification for dating a minor by reiterating the point that feelings should be taken and reciprocated seriously no matter the age. Idk how the publishers approved such a message when the main target audience for Margaret magazine is literally young girls from 11-15 who can very much be taken advantage of by this mindset. Rooting for kamiki but dropped

I can already guess some of this -> husband keeps seeing her contact the boy bsf every time she’s upset -> gets insecure bcuz they’re so close and fl never shares any of her big concerns like this stalker with him -> suspects cheating so when the stalker girl comes she takes advantage of it and he actually cheats -> revenge from fl and husband regrets once seeing truth

This chapter shows he definitely liked her but why did he lie and say he loves Alicia ? Is it that common trope where he initially didn’t know the difference between familial and romantic love ….

Nah to come at a point where u would marry someone else for Alicia it is obvious he loved her but now it feels like he is waiting secretly for her to depart for afterlife so he can move on and be with mc. Genuinely speaking I would say it's better to break of clean since mc doesn't deserve being treated as second choice

But that’s all from fl’s own perspective she thinks he married her for Alicia’s sake, same way he thinks that fl married him only for Alicia’s sake (which we know isn’t completely true so it really wouldn’t be shocking if she actually has a misunderstanding herself too). In his mind we know he thinks Rachel thinks of him as a younger brother so of course he would go along with that excuse. It gives him time with his sister and the girl he likes who otherwise keeps brother zoning him.
Then again this is just my theory for now since this chapter and previous ones keep dropping clues he doesn’t seem happy at all whenever fl mentions they’re not a real couple. If he really does like Alicia and only starts pursuing fl once alicia is dead then I hope they don’t ever get together. I don’t want our girl as a second choice

To be real I just think he has a sister kink like the only barrier in my love is incest.and if u remember he started to get annoyed only after she started calling him bro. But I say ml was actually In love with Alicia since even the side characters notice this and he himself tell her he likes Alicia and other stuff wanting to be comforted

That’s why I think he couldn’t work out what the difference between familial love and romantic love is. No side character has worked out he “likes” Alicia, most of them like the older bro can just sense the awkwardness between the ml and Rachel. If he really had some sort of sibling kink he would’nt care about the fact Rachel calls him a little bro
John being the only one thinking with reason and he isn’t even the one with lawyer experience. Love how she talks about her romantic feelings getting in the way but from the start way before she even liked the duke she’s let her feelings make every decision, she hasn’t bothered to investigate anyone else from the Adler family or close ppl around him bcuz her mind had been dead set on the fact it was him. If anything she was more biased before she liked the duke and was finding every reason to put the blame on him when investigating
Smh is she still biased? I've been marinating since ch.20 cuz it was so rage-inducing. If they wanted to make her so biased then they should've just thrown out her back story of being familiar with crime cases for working in law firm. Sure she's scared cuz she might die, I get it but omg she's so biased for someone who worked in court. Like srsly girlie, why r u so dead set on him being the killer based on one fking paragraph of the prologue...