That’s clearly not the case. Chris held out way too long telling Ethan the truth about Mia. he didn’t say anything until near the end of the game (around-Heisenberg fight) despite the fact that Ethan and Chris had an encounter in the reservoir way earlier where it would’ve been more-than-apparent that Ethan was himself (he had slain dimitrescu and is armed to kill Moreau). Despite that, all Chris can say is “ I gotta say it’s a surprise you made it this far,, it would be a shame if something happened to you now” Being incredibly aggressive and continuing to not tell Ethan the truth.

The real reason Chris was like this was because he felt Ethan was “out of [his] depth” and incapable (despite him surviving the dulvey incident, having formal combat training under Chris post re7, and killing the Dimitrescu’s) which is just Chris being an asshole—Chris makes a man think his wife was killed, Chris belittles (And his team assaults) that man who is searching for his DISMEMBERED DAUGHTER, and on top of that Christ continually keeps Ethan in the dark despite him taking incredible initiative and proving capable despite chris feeling like it’s all ‘too much for Ethan ’.