Yes. The male lead is smart. He figured it out. Heās not gonna let his leading lady get hurt . He would do whatever he needs to rescue her- even go against his mother
I have been reading the novel -skimming and there is a lot more kissing / intimate scenes between the leads that is not in the drama and it is obviously they love each other in their words and actions in the novel and there are characters not in the novel that is not in the drama which is expected
Voice.
F ML momās evil intent.