Arabella recalled a scene from late in the novel's plot. The female lead had an emotional breakdown, slapping Julian Spencer hard several times before grabbing him by the neck and shaking him violently.
His face was swollen and his neck was covered in bruises. The next day, when he went on a date with his Lover, his voice was so hoarse that she even asked him about it out of "concern."
At the time, Arabella had assumed the love-addled heroine acted out because she'd discovered Julian Spencer's infidelity. Heartbroken and unable to accept it, she lost control, doing something completely out of character for her.
On top of that, the damn author—in a bid to make the audience accept the male lead having two women—had to resort to slandering the heroine. By painting her as a madwoman, he could contrast her with the Lover's gentle perfection, creating a "reasonable" and "justifiable" excuse for the male lead's increasingly flagrant cheating.
