Damn. All the work she had to do for him and his political agenda, he spares her no room for doubt and what, kyle gets to have her again as she forgives him after a few months, 'cause he's delirious for her? He should've stayed that way then. Damn him.
This is shallow as hell. It would have been better if Tara exits the political scene that kyle is centered on and she gets to enjoy her second life properly.
Was the novel rushed? It was good up till this point. I think it'll be good if the author expanded the plot to carefully connect it if they wanted them to be together again but base on what you've just said. It's a wreck.
I was too invested in this. Why did this had to flunk that way. Now I'm having second thoughts to continue this but thanks for the spoilers.
It's fucking diabolical y'all OMFG. Tldr the misunderstanding only gets worse and isn't really resolved until MC almost dies and they end up together anyway.
Let me quote what Regulatory_Junior from Reddit said:
Well, it's going to be long and I might have fudged some small details because it's been years since I've read the novel but here goes:
She didn't want to be involved with him at all if necessary especially in the romantic sense (remember, he is a key component in the downfall of her family) but he pursues and pursues her until he wins her over and they become a lovely couple, declaring love for one another and even sleeping with each other. As they grow closer, Kyle ruminates that she knows too much (as a transmigrator) and begins to distrust her. Tara gets caught in a political maelstrom. She was truthful and vulnerable with him and confesses that this world originated from a book, hence her knowledge. He believes she's lying and the traitor in his circle and he pretty much excommunicates her from his circle of people that Tara worked so hard to get acknowledgment from and drops her from his protection as crown Prince. Tara fights alone to save her family and do everything she can to survive while facing death, poverty, misery and, worst of all... the stone cold, miscommunication laden, bitch tantrum from Kyle. This whole period at the hardest time of her life, he's noticeably absent, stonewalls her when they do meet, and leaves her to suffer alone. Tara fights tooth and nail to survive. It eventually gets bad enough that she almost dies from poisoning and that guy goes through a hastily done, regretful male lead arc that nobody wanted at that point.
Now, we as readers are generally forgiving and we're still rooting for them even when the miscommunication occurred. Afterall, everyone was rooting for Tara and Kyle for their happily ever after given all they've both gone through so far. He's also considered a logical character who was described as a cool and level headed guy after all. What was unforgivable was that he had just cut her off and didn't even give her the benefit of the doubt or attempted to communicate with her the ENTIRE time this was going on, during the time she needed him the most, he might as well have been an antagonist who was attacking her too. He KNEW what position this would have left Tara in when he dropped her like that. And his excuse for his pathetic inaction for about the second half of the series? Because he was oh so scared of the truth that his woman might have been really the traitor. And these actions and passive inactions almost cost her her life and she almost DIES anyways. She leaves his bitch ass for like a few months after she almost dies and he becomes mess until he tracks her down and in some rushed, unenthusiastic bs ending, she ends up forgiving him and goes right back into the political maelstrom and the twisted politics of the palace that she herself said that she had no desire to return to. It was like even the author felt whatever about it but slogged on to continue the scripted conclusion she wrote out for whatever reason. Nobody wanted them together in the end. Tara was better off alone and happy somewhere else away from him and the palace.
And in conclusion, they're not suited to be a couple. Because to him, Tara is expendable whenever the politics gets hard. He's shown himself to be a coward when it matters the most and he should get married to his throne instead. Honestly, that wouldn't be a problem if, say, this was a purely political marriage and the series reallyyy wanted to add some realism in there but I wasn't seeing the romance really work out in the end and even the conclusion was lacking when it came to their "reconciliation." It was like a sterile, history channel when the narrative stated that they became a couple eventually again.