The story isn’t done. The first few seasons is supposed to be frustrating and if you can’t see Maxi trusting Riftan as character development then idk. on another note, this season is the character development you are looking for from Maxi, she becomes more selfless even though I don’t think she was being that selfish when she made the decisions she made. And even if she was, I think it’s growth for her to choose herself because she had never been given the option to do anything in the Croix house. So to be fair just keep reading and don’t just brush it off if you aren’t going to read it.
I agree that Maxi can be really frustrating, but that's just how abuse victims are. They don't suddenly heal overnight. The author is writing a realistic story, not one of those stories where as soon as the character leaves their abuser they become a whole new person.
I am half way in and I HATE that FL still has such a victim mentality. She’s only thinking about herself and what everyone thinks of her every 2 panels. Wheres the damn char dev?