I'm sorry but are they even trying to make us like the male lead anymore lol? All we can take away from this is that he's just overly possessive and their first sexual encounter was pretty much "it's not rape because she's enjoying it" lmao. Oh well, at least the dating montage bit was pretty cute ngl.
But now I'm just waiting for the chap. where it explains why he became so oddly distant over the 7 years. I swear if it's something to do with guilt or whatever other bs then idk anymore lol