That's an interesting point now that i think of it and I agree with you @Kaarme ! He should be able to marry her now but the story will just finish there then loool the author needs an excuse to extend it ahaha
@sybth00 more dank memes made by yours truly here. u have to scroll down a bit tho.
https://mangadex.org/title/40243/sincerely-i-became-a-duke-s-maid/comments/
Me: Wondering not whether, but how this sort of blatant confession is going to be discounted, because it's that sort of fingers-in-your-ears series. XD
Notably where he touched him was where the scar used to be visible, so it may not have been affectionate, or even a social gesture at all. But, romantically-intended or no, the major inversion-of-personal-space vibes were real. XD