Is husband up to something?

To make a long story short, husband announced in Feb. that he thinks he would be happier living on his own....not willing to see marriage counselor, not willing to compromise in any way, been married 27 years and now we are looking at separating come Aug. when daughter leaves for college. He knows and says he agrees to splitting our assets 50/50 and I have been a stay at home mom for the last 5 years which means he is also looking at paying alimony. He came home today and announced he is planning to start a remodeling business and asked me to work for him since he knows I am need of a job in the near future. When I pressed him further about this 'so-called job' he got somewhat frustrated and said he hadn't thought it all yet (no surprise there) but because I have real estate and homebuilding exp) I would be the first person he would consider hiring. I cannot help but wonder if he has talked with someone that is telling him to try and get ME to work for HIM so that will help him in our situation and hurt me in some way. Am I paranoid or what? Personally....since he iniated this future separation I would really rather just settle with the division of our assets and take my time finding a job that I might really enjoy. Why would he think I would want to work for him and deal with on a daily basis after he has announced he doesn't want to stay married to me? Is this just weird or what or is he up to something?