Please just be nice to Maxi. Is that so hard?
Her trauma's no joke, how do you expect her to open up immediately to some man who left her right after there marriage, then come back three years after treating her like some sheltered and loved noblewoman. After what she's been through her whole life she can't just trust anyone. How does she know that he won't throw her after he found out, how does she know he's different from those people who mistreated her, Riftan's basically a stranger to her. And she's trying really really hard to overcome that trauma- idk that's just what i think
Lol, imagine calling a husband who left her after their first night together for 3 damn years,then come back treating her like a loved and cherished noble woman “treating nice”- (I do certainly like Riftan but your statement just doesn't have any logic) She's been ABUSED her WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE for god's sake- what do you expect her to do? Tell a guy with whom she hasn't even had a proper talk with about her trauma? That has been haunting her since her childhood? Bestie- trauma isn't a joke, it's not something so fickle that you'd openly talk about it (that too with a guy that's basically a stranger rn) As far as I Can see she's Defo trying to get over her trauma do I don't see where she's “dumb”. And Riftan's “being nice” (that is, yelling at an already quivering and shaking person) certainly isn't helping her AT ALL-
For real tho, she's the worst kind of heroine - the type who does impulsive things because "she has to be a proactive female lead and move the plot along", but always just ends up causing trouble. You're not a strong female character if all you do is put yourself in situations where the male lead has to stand up for you. You're an idiot and a burden. Just facts.
I wonder if the reason he didn't want the baby was because he knew he wasn't able to even provide for his wife, let alone a child. An extra mouth to feed . . .