Sentence:  I think he picked me out like a rug for his living room, and he made a bad mistake. I doubt if he's capable of loving anyone, really. What he has is a kind of <WSD>acquisitiveness</WSD>, which isn't much separate from his ambition. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.