No, no, god, I missed out on the the damsel's love interest but I did get to read about the man interested in her. The asshole noble who wants her hand and the writer wasn't good enough to just hint that he was into shady shit and just blew the load right there to make you hate him.

I just... [ She laughs, shaking her head. She's lucky her parents never pushed those romantic ideals in her head, even if there's time she craves romance like the teenager she still is. ] I could not read beyond that. I felt like I was losing brain cells trying.

I ended up spending detention pretending to read a math book.