Be honest. The cliche I hate seeing the most is the main guy being really mean and nasty to the main female lead basically toxic and abusive relationships.
A small part of a conversation is overheard - but just the part that creates a totally false impression. The listener reacts in spectacular ways, like running away, quitting her job, going overseas for a year, getting engaged to someone else
When the FL is about to get hit and the ML has to run to her to save her
why can't he just tell her to move or why can't she see that a car/truck is coming towards her and she needs to move instead of just standing there for no reason.