The author was actually trying to make a point about how Laura was actually not Benedict's first (something alobg those lines).. while it is still canon that Benedict had many previous girlfriends, I do agree with readers that the timing was not great when they inserted that narrative (and unnecessary in that flow). They could maybe add those panels later, if/when they give Rania a male interest as well in the incoming season...it would flow better
I noticed that in like ch 77 of the raws there's actually a scene where the ML is talking with his fuck buddy (some black haired woman) about how cold he is and how he won't make any woman happy or some shit (this happened before getting engaged to FL but after they've first met and rumors were spreading) but they cut it out of this eng version. But like why tho, were they trying to make the ML seem more pure?