I totally agree with you
You think she don't spoke more than few words to him cuz you don't see everything that happen before. Her plan was not for Carcel to divorce her cuz of the gloomy personality. Ines been having the plan to divorce since 10. Go reread. She was plotting to make him cheat since then. You a fking idiot if you think she just recently want a child cuz Carcel change. That had always been her plan. Did you not read wat she told the butler. She had always planned that for 17 yrs.
Ines knew he didnt catch anything and that's wyh she chose him. YOu talk like she don't know the past life and just chose some random guy. She been choosing him since 6 after breaking down all the other dukes' sons. She don't like any of the other guys and carcel the only one who is a pretty good person and also a playboy from rumors. You're just defending her cuz the manhwa cut all the things out.
https://www.novelupdatesforum.com/posts/7038672/
At a time when he was frightened of her for a long time, Inés had spent a few years sending extreme love letters and gifts to the point where he was terrified. She made him overwhelmed by the pressure so he would run away and spread their distance on his own. (She lovebombed him.)
In those days, Cárcel did not run away as easily as she thought, but it was clear that there had been some progress. Eventually later on, she was afraid of getting married, and she made him go circles when he was in the military academy and the navy. (He did tried to get close to her and she made him run in circles.)
https://www.novelupdatesforum.com/posts/6411456/
Besides, although he was a famous playboy. He didn’t have STD like someone else, had many women around him but never did prostitution, and had sex within normal sense... she couldn’t believe the potential she need was in that kid.
He couldn't have broken the engagement. The empress and their parents were behind it. How many times I got to say it. Ines got the empress to back their engagement and her father always does what she wants.
You must've missed the words where she lovebombed him.
Ch2:
"There were numerous opportunities for her to undo it all, but she threw them away."
So who got more power in this engaegment?
Ch5:
"... so she only ever expressed her affection thru letters. But her devotion to me has long been known throughout society."
She's been tricking him that she likes him but turn him down when he was trying to get close.
Simply, we're seeing Carcel's POV so some of us thought that Carcel is the only victim here. Remove that POV, we got his reputation of him being a womanizer and openly badmouthing his fiance. Whether he likes her before or not, he earned that reputation of being surrounded by women. With this, why would Ines interpret every Carcel's actions as a form of affection when she knows what he's been doing even before marriage.
The girl is trying to survive and she chose this man because he's the best option.
We all see it that she's giving it a thought how they will both mutually benefit in the situation. For her, she's not hurting him but giving him the enjoyment he would normally have and with this she will also benefit...
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Ines, got the three lifetimes worth of suffering in the current timeline. So, I'm not surprised that she prioritizes her survival over her blooming feelings for the man.
Unfortunately for Carcel though, it's in this timeline that he had to be clueless of all their past lives resulting him to do some stupid things because of his feelings for Ines.