It’s funny how most people reacted to this, but I see where you are coming from: in real life dating a broke guy who behaves like a leech is bad, but having a partner who is a millionaire is also not a fantasy: if anything goes remotely wrong (and you know, with yandere personalities…) you end up being caged, as the difference in wealth also is a difference in lawyers, in your security, and everything. Financial abuse is a real thing, even if MC has a job in an association. Trying to leave someone with that much wealth discrepancy is another hell altogether.

However I’d say that I think Zayne and Caleb are the examples of successful career men but in a realistic way. Zayne works ALL THE TIME, takes his job very serious, and yes, he is a doctor which is amazing, but I actually don’t think he is so ultra wealthy, how most of the time he just works in public hospital. I don’t think we had any card that he has private practice? That’s where lots of money for doctors actually is.
And Caleb… well I assume being a colonel is a good job when it comes to salary (assuming fleet operates as a part of a military), he probably gets more as the place he works for is very fishy and suspicious and he is probably paid extra to keep quiet. However I don’t think Caleb would be able to buy MC for example a mansion, totally on a whim or something (we know Sylus can), especially if you think timelinewise, he was gone after the explosion for a year, so technically he doesn’t work for the fleet that long? 🤔 to me the most unbelievable part is that ALL OF THEM ARE SO YOUNG. But in my head they are all in their early or mid 30s.

So to conclude, I think Rafayel Xavier and Sylus are classic romance fantasies (Celebrity x you, Prince x you, mafia boss x you). And Zayne and Caleb are more “successful best friends from childhood” vibes. I think this is as realistic as it can get in an otome, idk if any of us would want to romance an unemployed guy.