Dating a separated man.

Currently dating a separated man going through a divorce (or at least that’s what I know). We have been talking for the past 6 months. He officially moved out of his home about 2 months ago. Lived with his friend for a month & just Got his own apartment 1 month ago.

In the midst of him moving in to the new apartment, I helped decorate his kitchen and bathroom. He asked for a picture of us framed so I did so and left it in the kitchen.

Yesterday, his best friend had just gotten in from a long vacation and called to check out the place. The man that I’m dating made the mistake of FaceTiming me while putting dishes away. I immediately saw that he took down the picture that I framed. I questioned him about it and his reasoning is that he was wanting to protect me. He didn’t want his best friend to think that 1) He was going through a divorce for the wrong reasons aka found someone else AND 2) He was protecting me and didn’t want anyone to have the wrong impression of me.

My response to that was that if he has to “hide” something from his closest friends, then he probably shouldn’t be doing it. It felt extremely shitty to be put away like that and I’m trying to understand it but I just can’t seem to..

Do y’all think he was being honest? Am I overreacting? Thoughts?