I get how frustrating it can be when a story doesn't stir the way you want, but I honestly like it this twist a lot. The CG plays with expectations and how naive James really is, expecting and asumming stuff from people he barely knows. I really like the twist with Sam because it allows you later to tell a story about how isolated she really is, she only has like 1-2 friends that know her secret that's a very core part of who she is, and spoiling that surprise in the main page would kinda ruin it from me, I get that some people only get into Vn's for the romance and all that but I'm very much enjoying the story of the characters rn, maybe try a path where James gets offended at the "lies"? or where you use that information to betray her? there are a lot of choices you can make from this information.