Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
He literally says its the intended extrapolation that they didn't have sex, and that Ivan was a genuinely nice guy
I'm with you so far.

who cared about what his wife wanted.
But not to this point. That's not in the quote, and it's not evident from Ivan's behavior. He cared about what he projected, believed, his wife might want, probably based on his image of women generally. He demonstrably did not listen to what she actually wanted.