
he’s not in love with her? atleast i don’t think. the him now is only trying to repent and stop what happened in the previous life? so the whole “he didn’t love her at her worse..yada yada” doesn’t actually apply here. he’s only trying to make up for what he’s seen. and we can’t typically blame him for something this version of him is yet to do. ofc i still loathe what he did bc it was disgusting but yeh.

I don't think that's true. I believe he had some sort of feelings for her back then to, because he saw that she was just as hated by her family as he was his. That's why you can clearly see he was shocked when the Duke gave his conditions. But anywho each to their own opinion, I don't think the ML from this timeline deserves all the hate he is getting ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍

I agree, thats what ch 21 looked like. He didn't seem in love with her, at least not at that point. He also seemed the opposite, he seemed very indifferent towards her presence there. The focus was that it's odd that she's in a place "like that" rather than on her and he says nothing positive about her.

exactly, he doesn’t indicate in pretty much any way that he holds romantic feelings for her in either of the timelines at this point in time. and as u said it’s probably similar to curiosity as to why she was in a “place like that”. he was mostly focused on the fact that she was treated in the same manner as him rather than cultivating any feelings. the him in this timeline just seems to want to repent and prevent what he had done in the past, so we initially cannot say his actions towards her were those born from the development of love like others said.
god we are just so good at analysing fictional characters *hair flip* ☆〜(ゝ。∂)
no matter what yall says, ill never forgive the ml