I feel like princess will object to their engagement and the king will pressure the count to send her to that foreign king as the next queen and since her father mostly cares about family prestige he'll be okay with it Idk what Duke will do
I fucking hate this story, like it just fills me with rage every time I read yet I continue coming back to it just to see him suffer. I'm glad people agree with me
He's not quite sadistic or masochist and it's so annoying bc it feels forced, but ig that's the point?