Cabel's expressions really showed that he likes her and he isn't harmful. But, she just had this expressions of battle field and sleep deprived image of cabel fixated in her head and is unseeing most of the things.
Now that she realised, the blondie isn't what she thought, I just hope she actually pays good attention to cabel.
I don't wanna spoil u but i think i need to. pls skip if u don't like spoilers
Spoiler!
Renee will eventually confess to Cabel that she's scared of him. This happens when they'll fight bcuz of that psycho prince. After that, Cabel felt so sorry and got cautious of his actions towards renee. He doesn't want renee to hate her he loves her that much.

“Should I tell him the truth?”
…why is this a even a question??? Whyyyyy do people always lie in these kinds of stories??? Just TELL THE TRUTH. If they choose not to believe you, that’s a THEM problem, not a YOU problem.