Who's "we?" Also, he doesn't yearn. All he does is beg and push Maxi until he has his way with her, lol. Don't make him sound so "loveable" when he's far from it.
Nah there is no we in this scenario. He's not a big OAF, He's a big awful guy, all he ever does is scream at her, Pushes her to have sex, and then repeats, with his far too prolonged misunderstandings about Maxi supposedly being a Spoiled daughter of a Duke, but Maxi has made it very clear through her actions and behaviour that she's not spoiled. And has even told him that she doesn't care about riches. Riftan will forever stay this immature brute and crude guy who can't even sit down to have a conversation with Maxi about ANYTHING at all like what he likes to do in his free time, Without always trying to push for sex.
Guys as much as we adore that big oaf of a husband who yearns for his wife. It's suuper annoying that he's trying to keep her as a kept wife. I do understand Maximilians anxiett and behavior cuz of the way she was brought up.