i’m just going to say this: even if he knows NOTHING of what’s been happening to his wife in his household (who is a woman he literally bought for money and then held accountable when the business deal went bad), he’s still a POS based on what we’ve seen.
we see him think nothing of shit-talking her in front of and even to his employees (and then he wonders why the employees are all rude to him-as-her?? it’s a mystery!). he can’t even be bothered to make the most basic conversation with her at the best of times, and often blows up over tiny, unpredictable comments (but he has no idea why she reacts badly and stops talking to him, she should just say what she wants to say already). if she brings up how she’s feeling or her troubles, he shames her for feeling that way (because it’s her that’s the problem here - if she had better self-esteem/asked for less of his time/wore prettier dresses/wasn’t raised a princess/was worth his money/[insert whatever reason this chapter], he wouldn’t act like that).
any of this sound familiar? if so, please pay attention - this is pretty textbook abuse dynamics. there’s nothing especially deep or interesting about this jackass: he’s just an “angsty fantasy rich man”-edition scumbag.