He doesn't want to find out about it, either. No investigations of that manner will be made, for that reason precisely.

"And you mistake yourself for an unappealing woman, Miss Williams." Aaaaand there's the closest thing to a smile that will ever touch Pierre's face. "It was a compliment, Briony. One can be attractive and intimidating simultaneously, can be desirable without having a doting harem." Not that he means to imply any of the above about her, of course. It's just a statement of fact.