I’m not for the revenge plot personally but I have a feeling he is endgame… I’m on chapter 18 and I’m thinking of he can’t help you at all he has to go. This man since his childhood has been suppressed because of his background he should have been honest long ago because what he did to his wife was nasty. Our mc stepped down for him and he neglects her knowing divorce hurts a woman’s honor. While talking shit to his nasty butler who hates nobles. I wish he wasn’t endgame but ik he is.
Read further lol, the mc's father and the ml had an agreement, wherein the latter should make the mc lose interest in him and file a divorce thereafter. Even tho he's interested with our female lead, he literally had no choice as THE MC'S FATHER CONSPIRED WITH THE MARQUIS AND THE QUEEN and they ganged up on him. Like dawg they want him dead dead what do u want him to do

It's infuriating to witness people commenting as to how max didnt care about her at all They both had their own predicament—in which one would affect the other hence, they've decided to protect each other in their own way and only within their means!! Y'all comprehend the story, it really highlighted how Max tried to bury his feelings as the duke, empress, and the marquis left him with no choice. Give the poor man a break jesus christ