Every single character in this story is extremely stupid, with the ML being the stupidest of all. The ML is toxic and abusive, and completely unrepentant about it. Whenever he does regret anything he did, it's not because of the harm and suffering his actions caused FL, it's because now FL is upset with him (it's always about him, he can never see anyone else). This guy told his wife he wanted a divorce because he wanted to marry someone else, but he still wanted to sleep with her before divorce was settled (and he thought she was being unreasonable when she didn't agree). Then, he refused to divorce but also insisted on keeping the mistress. Quite frankly, the ML is the true villain of this novel. He's a psycho. When FL was crying sadly about her miscarriege, which was his fault, he was happy because she said "our baby" when she yelled at him. Fl is too weak and stupid, too. She should've run for the hills a long time ago. Overall, this story is frustrating and stupid. The plot doesn't make sense, the characters are stupid, the schemes are so stupid and easy to see through that they only make the characters look all the more stupid. The story romanticizes and even glorifies marrital abuse.