Tbh accepting the proposal would be one of the most selfless things she could do because she is literally giving up herself to another person to try and save her daughter. As a reader we know the ML is awake and would save her. We also know that the guy proposing has nefarious intentions so her daughter probably won’t be safe. But she doesn’t know that. To her this marriage will help protect her daughter. If anything, him continuing to pretend to be asleep is him letting her be pushed into a corner. He doesn’t have to let the world know he’s awake yet but they are husband and wife so you’d expect them to be honest and yet his subordinates knew he woke up way before his wife.
Tbh accepting the proposal would be one of the most selfless things she could do because she is literally giving up herself to another person to try and save her daughter. As a reader we know the ML is awake and would save her. We also know that the guy proposing has nefarious intentions so her daughter probably won’t be safe. But she doesn’t know that. To her this marriage will help protect her daughter. If anything, him continuing to pretend to be asleep is him letting her be pushed into a corner. He doesn’t have to let the world know he’s awake yet but they are husband and wife so you’d expect them to be honest and yet his subordinates knew he woke up way before his wife.