She missed him. She is growing fond of him.
But he did not fix things right away... Why not? 🤔 Oh, surely the author will wait until she is deeply in love, so instead of fixing the problems he's gonna crush her heart.
(I hope not, I hope not, I hope not!)

I'm not sure how to feel about the ML. He knows he makes her uncomfortable and is upset about, yet he keeps being selfish and continues to push. If he wants her to like him. He needs to actually address and fix it.

I honestly expected the ML to take a step back from FL when he knows how she feels not play house.

Sigh. It's obvious the author is dragging it out so she falls then he decides to do better, apologize n then dump him