Maybe Ryan is actually Lien/Lian (the saint) and the MTL just changed her gender? By their talk, it looks more like FL talking to the Saint, who...
Maybe FL father was royalty, or her even her mother, she could have run away and ended as a commoners with two daughters.
Before anything, excuse my poor English, it's not my first language. I started reading this recently and I'm already thinking this is a hot mess...
I don't know if he's a playboy, but he said that because his mother was also a maid and he knows what happens for both the woman and the possible...
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