In the end it will be her son in whatever capacity that will hit her the hardest. Hutch said it himself he has nothing to offer her, Christian is the better man and he is what she wants. So she knows Hutch has resigned himself but soon she is going to start to humiliate him. Someone at work is going to find out that is his wife and then the humiliation will begin and she will join in on it. She will of course later shed tears but at that point hutch will be broken.
I do not believe that Hutch told Vivian he has nothing to offer her. If he truly believed that, I think he would give up on their marriage. Also, "the better man" in what way? Christian is a scheming and manipulative POS. If all women did is desire men who can give them the most sexual satisfaction at any one moment, then what a world it would be. So Christian may be "what she wants" in a sense (for now), but is that the man she really wants altogether? I suppose the continuation of the story will answer more of this question regardless of any discussion here; however, I have a hard time believing that Vivian would think Christian is what she altogether wants in a man if she comes to her senses.
Speaking of which, one potential (albeit unlikely) path that would interest me is if somehow along the way Vivian and Hutch would become better partners for each other by both changing in a positive direction, despite (or ironically in part) because of the inner turmoil they experience for having allowed this to happen.
I agree a lot with you and hope the dev will include Vivian coming back to reality. Not only for some kind of justice for Hutch but because it would make no sense she falls entirely for Christian considering the guy is downright evil and it shows :
- sleeping with one employee's wife is one thing, continue to do it with the guy nearby when you know he saw you is an other
- he knew Hutch knew but didn't say it to Vivian and even lied about it
- he has a severe lack of empathy (characteristic of antisocial behaviour disorder)
- manipulative tendencies
But by the end, considering what we have seen, i don't know if they can be partners again.
And this shows she has stopped respecting him :
Take this scene for example :
We know Vivian is a screamer. The guests can make 2+2
This shows she has totally stop to care about her husband's feelings. What makes me wonder is the almost neutral expression of Hutch.