@Unknownxx adding to what @meow said, he also grew up as an orphan with almost nobody he could rely on, he even says that the MC's dad was the only person he ever trusted. So in order to be at the top he had to be the best at his career which meant he couldnt afford people using him and seeing him as weak, let alone in an industry as cutthroat as law. Spending his entire life trying to protect himself by acting stuck-up vs our MC coming and trying to get him to open up in only the pastfew months. I get that the ML is frustrating but lots of progress has been happening lately luckily