He had tried to use the fact that Aria was not 'human' to keep her away but that did not work for long. The lady was just too devoted and sincere in serving him.
Her beauty was also not helping much. Her body might have been on the petite side, but her shapely body made up for it.
The way she handled herself like the lady of the house also had many similarities with how his mother used to do things.
Her eyes were always filled with admiration, adoration, and love, making him unable to push her away. No matter how much he tried, his thinking always came back to show him that he was the one with the problem.
And to get rid of that look in her eyes, he did some despicable things, but even when her gaze darkened under his scolding, she always managed to make it about herself.
It was a very destructive way of thinking and it was straight-up frightening, but the problem was even her dark thoughts were about pleasing him.
