The thing is, he tried something different, very niche, very kink specific. He didn't like writing it and that's fine. We stole Maxine...plain as fact and it was fine, no one complained, was very well done.
We don't need to see the mental anbguish of the stolen women's partner, nor do we need to see their perspective of what's happening (if for no other reason, it adds literally fucking nothing to the story and just wastes dev time). That was never what this story was originally about, nor had as included content for half of the story.
Just not required and the vast majority don't really want to see it anyway. Again,. seeing that, is very niche. It's enough to know we have stolen them, corrupted them and they are choosing us over their partner.