We have a three lead chars victim of situations. I can't hate the old lover at the moment coz her love was taken away from her, being exiled and everything.

The ML became passive and cold bec of that, the MC stayed with him the whole time and they married.

MC is selfconcious and pessimistic, she is happy that she married ML though there's no love from him. She know this from the start, the ML promised her to be his only woman but he cannot promise love which she accepted hoping the love will develop in the future.

Her delusions and low confidence made her think of possibilities that ML will never love her ever. She was happy that she became pregnant at first that maybe this time, ML will look at her but unfortunately she miscarried. That again made a gap with their already distant relationship.

But again, she became pregnant with hope again that maybe this time ML will love her but before she can even tell her good news, it was shattered by the news that the old lover is coming back.

All this time (yup since c.1-c.5 she is always a downer) she is always on edge and that broke her self esteem more. She think she is a villain that made the perfect couple broke up. She married ML and wanted to be happy herself. She was disturbed by herself that she become possessive of ML though only in her mind.

The big shock was the old lover brought a child claiming it was ML child but really I think the former crown prince, ML's brother is the father of that boy.

She always felt guilty bec she knows ML doesn't belong to her, she knows herself that she took advantage of the situation and married the ML. That's why she has no confidence at all, her conscience hitting more after the old lover came back, knowing she is just an extra in thier life.

And even if he is the father (hopefully not!), it's not cheating bec. They are lovers at that time and MC is just a friend, and she never confessed to ML. I even think, she never showed she loved the ML which became another misunderstanding.

We are finally gonna see the start of "happening" in the synosis above ? And I can't wait for it.

This chap, we see a glimpse of MLs POV, he is also a bit of dumbo but I like how he took responsibility of the child though he himself doubt it's his child w/c later confirmed but I'm sure there will be a massive bomb in the future. Maybe it's the First Prince son after all (Finger's cross!! Please let it be not his son! ?)

Don't blame ML about his indifference yet, from his POV. It clearly shows that MC is not expressing her love well so I think ML also thought MC is just like a companion.

What surprised me is how maturely this drama is handled, outside of Raymond's outburst to lock Ellie in her chambers for a day. But he's only human; I'm willing to overlook the fact that he handled Ellie's request for divorce poorly, poor lad probably didn't understand the feelings himself. Lize did what she and her son could do survive, but doesn't harbor any ill feelings towards Ellie. Ellie herself wishes Lize for happiness with Raymond and divorces him. Raymond realizes the futility in keeping her against her will after talk with Ellie's father, and lets her go. As it's a divorce between an emperor and an empress, it wouldn't do to remain in the country, so she decides to quietly move to another country, pregnant with emperor's child unbeknownst to him.

I think Raymond's love for lisa in the past was just puppy love or infatuation. He then realized he loved Ellie truly. What he felt for her was true love but he never realized it until she left. People in real life are also like that. They do not realize the value of something until it is lost from them. I think that's a valuable lesson I got from this Novel.

was a caring father till the end to Carlisle, also the couple got to have a lot of SnuSnu moments in the Epilogue WHICH I L.O.V.E

I see the misunderstandings tag so I'm waiting for the big reveal that ML isn't an insensitive jerk because as of now he kind of IS one. I can assume that part of it comes from FL's insecurity and unwillingness to ask him direct questions because of fear. But that somehow annoys me... Again?! Like Rhiannon... I wish that they dudn't with the "crazy, misunderstanding, deluded conclusion-jumper" trope

(Chapter 7) It seems that ML realizes after the fact (when he is inconsiderate) to some extent that he didn't consider how she is doing and understands she may be hurt but so what? He's not doing much about it. He reasons that she would never get mad and thinks he can just console/convince her like a child despite the situation being his fault. If he can't give her everything then he should have the decency to let her go! From how I see it he must've had at least a pretty frequent irresponsible bodily relationship with Liz for him to think it is feasible that the son is his. Don't treat FL like an obligation...

The former lover Liz is kind of a jerk too. I get the child deserves to meet its father and the father has a right to know but... Is it necessary to hurt and humiliate the man's legal wife in public like that? Yeah ML reasons that she did it because she was desperate but I don't buy that. She KNOWS ML is a kind understanding man so why would she assume he wouldn't unless she did this. I keep getting a suspicion that the author will pull a "Gotcha! Not his kid suckazzz!" so we won't hate ML.

I do feel bad for Liz's son though.

And damn you authors for not giving us a proper story were couples break a toxic relationship and it stays like that. Stop using kids to force couples back together

I read this on a site that starts with watt and ends with pad, with the tag of koreannovel, for those who are looking for a complete tl

"I won't accept his regrets, but his guilt (...) " *proceeds to her being moved by it - someone please explain to me how regret and guilt doesn't usually come together and how author traded th it for that

And then in the end, he's dieing by poison that he took trying to save their son, and then MCs basically forgotten by now magic powers finally come online by being the - what a coincidence!! - only way to get an antidote!! Yet, he refuses to tell her because he has to die a s*upid death to atone (???), and she goes "I won't accept your regrets! You've got to live and live with me" or smth like that.

You know. It doesn't even need to be from someone I like, if a stranger - much less the father of my child, feelings or no feelings - frigging dies right in front of me cause they didn't ask me to do something real simple for me, then really, I'd be the one regretting such an idiotic and vain death.

like ffs, it's much more of a bother to have someone dying on me cause I didn't bother to get up to get them water or something.

like not knowing that he has a biological child who is separated from him for 6 years, but instead takes care of his enemy's child. I can't imagine how angry he is.