The Arranged Suitor Was the Kidnapper Chapter 8 Discussion

The engagement is very contrived and the way it is presented is absurd. It would be madness for a prince to be able to press two noble families into marriage like that, and a count is a respectable enough position, not to mention that the personal doctor is the sibling. There is also a lot of bad blood between the clans yet apparently a forced engagement is a great way to fix that. No way that could backfire at all, or lead to the FL's family becoming outcasts to her clan.

There is no consideration at all to political realities. It mixes eastern clans with apparently western royalty, yet it all exists to create a chance to force an engagement on the FL, with the ML being the driver behind it despite claiming to the FL he didn't want to marry. He is basically gaslighting her, and that isn't a great start to a romance.