Agreed, plot would've been 10x more interesting if he actually harbored a grudge, or at least a heightened sense of caution against her and kept her at arms length for a while. Then maybe that homewrecker Karen could've had an opportunity to get between them and drive a wedge, easy source of drama and suspense for the author to work with, but it is a short story, so it's pretty good for what it has to work with.He's a very naive fellow if he can just gloss over being poisoned as his own fault, lmao. Sounds like he had no clue Karen was instigating it in the first life.