Oh dang, there is hope.
In the opening chapters it would be "Oh God, how she must be forcing herself on my behalf, I'm a hideous nothing of a man, surely she must despise having been forced into a marriage with me"
Now it's "Durrrrrr she hot". No wallowing in self-pity, his mind is just 100% boner now.
Shouldn't be too long until they finally snap from pure horniness and start getting busy, right?