So true! The foundation is everything with these two. Which is why I love the slow burn for them.
Also I like how neither character is being sacrificed in the name of love.
My one issue with a lot of show that male leads with an edge is that the edge seems to disappear once they're in love. I have a feeling Aryan's will stick around based on what they've shown us so far. Like for example, he's always going to be a little too money minded and it will always get to Imlie.
The female leads also just become all about the guy. But with the way Aryan is written, he likes Imlie's Imlie-ness. And when he falls short of fully appreciating or accepting what she's about, she reminds him. Like this past week, when she told him even though Aditya is now a married man, his family, his mother and his life still matters to her. "This is my way" she told him.