I get in his POV she was a princess who had everything, while he struggled everyday of his life to live the comfortable life he has now. But dude needs to learn how to communicate better and so does she. Y'all the other person isn't a mind reader, if you do not communicate clearly and confidently the other person won't know...
Maybe it is my frustration carried over from a Kdrama I watched where the FL is insecure and doesn't express herself clearly and wonders why people don't understand her and her struggles. The ML who is emotionally stilted and cannot communicate properly. It's a frustrating dynamic that leads nowhere. Maybe I'm just not a fan of the drawn out miscommunication trope.