beta
He starts to notice Etienne and he kinda believe that maybe his son's was being manipulated by her mother. Along the story he start to see Etienne under a new light.
But the really breaks when everyone realizes Etienne is an omega, then he understand how little he cared about his son, since he is an alpha (recessive) he could've been sensed the feromones, so in some way he actually allowed all the abuse.
After the happy ending, Etienne has a better relationship with him but it's still so awkward.