BYRON HEARD WHAT OSCAR SAID. The man said that they were never husbands, and it shattered his world in a snap.
Yes, he was guilty of ignoring him and treating him like a trophy partner, but then those years were gone and he couldn’t get them back. He had changed. However, just in time, when he was ready to show Oscar how he won his heart, his husband was already gone— he ran away from him.
He did everything to get him back. He had chased him all over the place and used all his resources. He even personally came to George’s pack just to beg him to come home, but then all he heard was Oscar’s denial.
He knew in his mind that seeking Oscar would be hard. However, going through the actual thing was more difficult than he thought. He wasn’t prepared for Oscar’s reaction at all. It took him f
