Chapter 3.

A new love.

It was then when he met a businessman who had the same tastes as him: those manly caresses made him delirious and return to his adolescence; and with the kisses of that millionaire businessman, named Ilan Fuentes, Nathan erased everything that reminded him of Víctor; there was no more sadness, no crying, no pain, the only thing that existed was the bubble of glorious pleasure, where the two of them were the only guests, the romantic dinners by candlelight were the daily bread, the intoxicating wine left them floating in their love... and the moon kept all those secrets that no one knew.

A romance that seemed to last forever; The gifts and presents from both parties were often curious, they ranged from the most expensive to the most peculiar, that couple was powerful, extravagant and above all mysterious, to the world they seemed like simple friends, but reality surpassed any fiction, they were the lovers of the scarlet moon, the gods in the heavens must have been jealous of their unconditional love.

Suddenly, in an unforeseen moment, in which he spontaneously mentally relived the past, life itself brought him to the present in an important event they were attending, since a guest couple arrived, which shook his current world, when Víctor and Esther Casanova were announced as guests of honor.

That woman, with her smile, enchanted and exuded elegance, making any woman in the room feel overshadowed by her beauty, and as for Victor, he maintained a neutral face as if all his movements were planned in advance.

That made Nathan begin to feel afraid of losing again to a woman, the man to whom he had decided to give his life and even his soul, but Ilan looked into Nathan's eyes with tenderness to let him know that nothing was happening, that everything would be fine, well and that no one could take him away from him. 

For his part, Victor, upon noticing Nathan's presence, was amazed and memories of his youth traveled to the present, letting a mischievous smile appear on his face when he looked at him again. 

That act went unnoticed by Ilan, but not by Nathan. , who preferred to look away and continue, pretending to be enjoying that event to which they had been invited.

The hours passed, and with it, the collection of funds for the creation of a new animal preservation institute, then came the auction of works of art made by special children in order to collect benefits for their homes and treatments; and at the end, everyone was toasting with the best brandy of the moment and the most expensive champagne, accompanied by those fabulous appetizers for such high-ranking characters.

Ilan was chatting with some oil partners and leaving aside Nathan, who accompanied the ladies who flaunted their financial position and their large acquisitions.

On the other hand, Victor had begun to withdraw from Esther, his wife, leaving her with the ladies around her, and from afar he looked at Ilan's physical qualities, and thought about what Nathan had found attractive in him; and then, upon looking at him in more detail, he immediately noticed a pattern very similar to his own, the man was 1.85 meters tall, his complexion was white and his eyes were light blue, his hands were large and his veins were visible, in addition of that peculiar outlined beard that  man maintained, realizing then that all those qualities were really the same qualities that he himself maintained when he had a relationship with Nathan, it was as if Nathan was looking for it in another person, from what he understood that time had only separated them temporarily, because in Nathan's heart, Victor seemed to have a dead end; A sly smile appeared on Victor's lips when he realized this and he began to look for Nathan and then he saw him leave the room to get some air; stealthily followed him to find him reading an article on his cell phone while enjoying a drink of brandy, that image of Nathan already developed and bigger awakened desire in Victor who proceeded to stand to the side and ask him how he had been, to which Nathan leaving from his thoughts he returned to reality and answered: I'm better than ever Mr. Casanova, if you'll excuse me I have to go back inside, and when Nathan turned to leave, Victor answered him with a hoarse tone of voice, ¿do you think I don' did I realize that that little boyfriend of yours is an exact copy of me in the past? Tell me Nathan, ¿does he know about the lustful nights you spent in my arms or how your skin crawls just by hearing my voice? Right now, tell me, ¿does he know that if I asked you to sleep next to me tonight, you wouldn't refuse and beg to stay a little longer?...

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Weeks had passed after that seemingly fateful meeting; and just as Victor would have predicted, Nathan had fallen back into his most primal instincts, like a child who is given a candy, he had cheated on Ilan with Victor and worse still, in the presence of his wife, only with the perfect alibi, since Nathan had disguised himself as a woman and just as he remembered, the sex with Victor was of pornographic category, that was something he could not deny, it filled him to the point of exploding in a golden shower, which had been a long time ago, time that he did not practice, the feeling of youth and passion clouded his mind and suddenly Ilan was no longer important to him, he could no longer satisfy his needs, arguments began to come, fights were our daily bread, and now there was no complicity that both had, something had changed, and although Nathan had hidden it very well, it seems that only the dead manage to keep secrets, because somehow Ilan found out that Nathan had resumed his relationship with Victor clandestinely and when he had already made the decision to let Nathan fly so as not to take away his wings of freedom, a tragedy happened in which Ilan was left unconscious indefinitely, his internal organs were very deteriorated and the internal and external bleeding was very serious. … when Nathan found out, he desperately ran to Ilan and with difficulty and before falling asleep until further notice, Ilan mentioned Victor's name, to take Nathan's hands and look at him until he closed those eyes that had given him so much affection, that eternal love, seemed to be on pause...

Nathan tried to locate Victor, but learned that he had returned to Irsalia with Esther after the explosion at the Ilan oil fields; That was a fateful moment, and suddenly, a message came from an unknown number saying: I hope you liked my farewell gift, dear, never forget which blue eyes really guide your world.

That was a confirmation, but the authorities could not confirm anything, since the message route was non-existent, they could not verify who had committed such an atrocity against a person as honorable as Ilan was; and then, after five years, Ilan still hasn't woken up, but his internal wounds are improving every day.

And like every morning, Nathan usually brings lilies to his clinic room, to give a little life to that cold room that wrinkled his heart and his conscience...