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I TOLD YOU GUYS, right when the first few chapters came out, I commented—what if the girl genuinely catches feelings and the guy is the one who comes out unscathed.
Also I see a lot of trying to BABY the guy, like please BFFR. He knew he was a homewrecker, he knew they would never have a proper relationship, he knew what the fuck he was doing. He wasn't some unknowing victim, rather he was a willing participant of this chaos.
And just as I predicted, the oh so Stoic woman is hopelessly and heavily involved but realises this will only hurt her, so she ends it. She realises it would never work, because it'll be impossible for her to leave her fiance; because as much as yall would love to pretend status in a society doesn't matter, it really really does. You would not marry a street cleaner, your family wouldn't let you.