
ok so basically, fl is the daughter of a collapsed noble family. ml is a duke. ml and fl meet for the first time when ml sends one of his subordinates (theo) to buy some strawberries from the fl after she catches his eye. she asks theo to tell the ml to invite her to dinner and she goes on waiting to be invited. however: ml’s subordinate (not theo the other one) saw her hanging out w a male friend and assumed she was in a relationship, so he didn’t relay the message in fear she would accept and ‘cheat’. fl lives alone in the woods, after having been almost assaulted by the shoe maker in town, he shows up at her doorstep and thats when he forces his way in: she doesnt let this happen and begins to fight him and accuses him of being the underwear theif. she runs into the woods, he runs behind her and they get lost: its dark. so he tries to assault her once more and thats when ml and his wolf show up. the wolf drags shoe maker away and shoe maker is later found dead in the enterance of the forest. fl is accused of adultry and sent to prison. her male friend then runs to tell the duke and thats when theo goes into save her, he takes her to the dukes mansion where she will be a maid. temple people r bad and are trying to punish fl for adultry she didnt commit, duke suggests they punish the one responsible for the prison raid: theo, and then implies that if he is punished that the temple will regret it. thats where we’re at. idk how to explain shit but YEAHHH idk why ppl r so confused

Lol... why do they think this is confusing??? Everything just laid out for us to read.
And the conclusion is everyone are having their own misunderstanding and they assume what they think is what it is, but they are actually misunderstanding each others intention.
So all they need is ask and do some proper conversation.
maybe it wasnt im the novel however the manwha has been hinting at it since the beginning. aria has a flashback to when she was a kid and someone was running away with her or something. i think its super cute and honestly it doesn’t really affect the story much considering we know theyre gonna end up together regardless.