Susan was supposed to be kicked out after the confirmation and the church would take her in instead and this never happened, but that's not the real problem, the problem is that it was never explained why. I mean the whole story and shtick is about kicking her out, so to just gloss over that is annoying.

for the Duke to show the world how much he loves her, there was no need for them to also take a break from each other, it felt forced even if it made sense.

she insists on having him kiss her and that they go on a date to celebrate, when they should be spending that time figuring up what the other Korean girl is up to and planning

demands a confession from the Duke around chapter 60.

there was little indication that she would want to rush things as she seemed to accept and understand the Duke’s feelings (or where it is heading towards) when he made a proper proposal.

rushing the confession: the Duke showed kindness to a maid.

her plan for the Duke to show kindness to the maid. However she puts all the blame on him, and despite claiming to want a conversation with the Duke regarding their feelings, she doesn’t let him speak even once as she highhandedly goes on a guilt-tripping tirade to lead him into confession to her.

her intentionally getting in dangerous situations (which is another stupid trope these stories seem to like).

especially the thing about the saint.

Eh- was Susan's character intended to be a laughing stock right from the start to show that all antagonists who seem special would always end up destroyed?

Adelle, my girl, you don't force someone to tell you that he loves you. If he does, he does. If he doesn't, well, try harder. I don't know about her but I'm sure as hell don't want to hear a scripted "I love you". I seriously liked Adelle's wit up until this moment. What triggered it all was an obsessed maid's delusional statement. And Felix's smile which was (indirectly) part of their plan. Man, if you're gonna trick someone into thinking you're being kind to them, you have to at least show them, y'know like, a smile?

I dont hate adele for trying to force felix to admit he loves her (it's like a... im not mad, just disappointed moment for me, like EXTREMELY disappointed), nontheless, what she did was extremely immature. love cannot be rushed, sometimes one person is ready to say how they feel much earlier than the other. you dont know what someones been through before they tell you, so rushing them out of their comfort zone before they're ready to show you the vulnerable parts of themselves is a kind of scummy thing to do.

everyone has different fears, and are at different parts in their lives when it comes to overcoming them. as i like to say, you might be reading the same book, but you're just on different pages. wait for your partner to catch up. you cant rush a healthy relationship.

i'm not saying you have to wait on your partner always, if you cannot wait for them to grow past their trauma or even just take the first step, then you guys just arent a match. it's okay for that to happen, but you should never force them to open up to you.

it just makes me so sad that she just wants something to make others jealous for a proposal. a proposal is a promise between you and the person you love. my girlfriend could propose with me with a goddamn lollipop ring for all i care as long as we care for each other. because i dont need something to be unbelievably special in the eyes of others, i just need something thats special in my heart yk. so it makes me sad when she wants something just to make other girls envy her, rather than a heartfelt proposal, like the one he's literally already given her :(

when people say "show your love through actions, not words" they dont mean material actions, they mean like literally travelling from the capital to see you because they're worried sick after you left without saying a single word. they mean protecting you, they mean spending time with you. they mean the kind of stuff he's already clearly shown

Adele feels insecure and wants the Duke to do a big dramatic proposal so everyone will stop questioning the relationship and she wont have to deal with another Susan someday. Which okay, that's fair. Her feelings of insecurity and of being unsafe are very reasonable. The strategy of using a big show of PDA to combat the rumors and rivals has some holes but its not without merit.

BUT Adele coming up with this scheme completely on her own? Not communicating this with the Duke? A man she KNOWS struggles with verbally expressing himself due to past trauma. (Like the few times she does talk to him, she just cuts him off and talks over him when he struggles to find his voice.) Not to mention, she enacts her plan right when he's super busy...catching the people that tried to MURDER them! Like god damn, when exactly does he have time to sort through this emotional mess?

Like, I get it. The author wants to do that dramatic chase and confess style ending but it didnt really translate well. Instead, Adele looked bitchy and the Duke looked like a mistreated puppy.

murdering their enemies at multiple points.

They tried to murder you! You don't have to let them live to try again!

It was uncomfortable seeing thr fmc so insecure of the mc's affections. She started blaming him of being handsome and charismatic. She said it was troublesome if another woman were to "fall" for his charms. I was like, what? I mean yeah girl it's okay to be jealous but it feels like you don't trust him. It was stressed in the earlier parts of the manga that the "cold and distant" duke does not easily show his affections. When he "smiled" at that maid, it was even on orders of Adelaide. I was like where did this insecurity come from. I also didn't like she was "turning" her friends against the duke with the "This is how he treated me.. Isn't he a complete fool?". And them ganging up on him.

Anyway around 70+ she left the duke's estate so that the duke will come begging for her. When he confessed, she wouldn't take him back because she wanted him to propose to her in a grand fashion that everyone will be doubtless of his affections for her. But wait, wasn't she portrayed first as someone who doesn't care about the opinion of others? What's this nonsense? I couldn't continue after that. I don't know if she redeemed herself at the end. I'll never know.