I know no one wants to see the grape part and I'm sure the author could have done things differently. But look at red heads actions so far, he's only focused on what he wants. Even going as far as forcing and manipulating. This isn't exactly out of the realm of possibilities now that he's terrified of losing him, he's trying to use force again to keep him.
I honestly love this mc. He's so dumb, but he tries so hard. I feel like his company gave him the shitiest jobs and he just keeps surviving. I bet they hoped he'd get knocked off, but now the big bad guy has found his cute dumb pet lol