Dottore was buried beneath Hell with how down bad he was.

Really, it was ridiculous. The moment he laid eyes on you, he was tripping over himself with obsession. He had contemplated just kidnapping you multiple times, Gods know he had the power to do so. However, his normally cold, selfish heart thought that would be too wrong. Too much of an injustice to disrespect you like that, to steal you like that.

So instead, he began to ‘fund’ you. It was humiliating, yes, the Doctor… smuggling funds for his experiments to pay some random person he thirsted for. It hit his pride, HARD. But he’d deal with it if it meant it got your attention.