The second statement was originally her goal. I have a hunch that she wouldn't she able to recognize her husband despite him just wearing that mask. That's 2D logic for u.
The whole thing is just so dumb, like. Why would she "ask for permission" to have an affair in the first place!? And that garbage guy, I don't care if he was forced to marry her, why and how would that lead to cut her expenses to the point of making her chose between starving herself or starving her maid? Does he even realise that a divorce would totally destroy her life? She would not only "go back" to being a product, but it would be an undervalued product, and her family obviously doesn't care about her, which means her life would be totally shitty, and god knows who the would marryher to next. And finally, if he hates her to the point of starving her, why the fuck would you disguise yourself and pretend to be her lover? Like, he used her as a convenient hole in the beggining of the marriage, but now he's so interest? Is it that "I don't like you, but you have to like me, because everybody like me" type of shit? I don't know, everything is so warped and I really don't get it.
What... So she's actually gonna engange in an affair with the guys who let her and her only loyal maid starve? What a let down...
I came here thinking she was gonna yeet her garbage husband and show off her affair all over his face... Disappointment is an understatement.