Chapter 5

• The doorbell of the apartment rang several times, Nathan turned around as fast as he could, stumbled to his feet, and ran towards the apartment door as if he couldn't wait to open it.
• With a click, it opened.
• "Valentina!"
• Nathan exclaimed desperately.
• "Nathan..."
• It was Matt standing outside the door. The moment he heard Nathan shout Valentina's name, bitterness filled his heart.
• He looked up at Nathan. His eyes were red, with a several days' worth of beard, his appearance was haggard. Is this still the Nathan he once knew?
• "Why are you here?"
• When Nathan clearly saw the person in front of him, the joy in his eyes was replaced by great disappointment and pain.
• "Nathan... " Matt choked up " Where have you been these days? Why did you become like this?"
• "Where did I go?"
• Nathan's eyes were empty, just like his heart.
• "I went to every place I could, but still, I couldn't find her..."
• "Valentina, right?"
• Matt grabbed Nathan's arm and shouted.
• "You're like this because of her, right? Is she here? Is she inside?"
• Matt pushed Nathan and rushed into the apartment, shouting.
• "Valentina, come out! Show your face to me!"
• "If she were here, would I be like this?"
• Nathan smiled sadly.
• "I didn't find her."
• Matt paused and asked " Did she really leave?"
• "Can't you see?"
• Nathan was like a lonely and defenseless child.
• "I can't find her."
• Matt's heart seemed to be pounding hard, he suddenly turned around, grabbed Nathan and said.
• "Nathan, let's go... Let's go to Belgium... She's gone..."
• Being dragged a few steps by Matt, Nathan suddenly shook his hand.
• "I'm not going to Belgium! " He shouted " I want to stay here until I find Valentina!"
• "She's gone and she won't come back! Damn it, she doesn't love you, don't you realize?"
• "No!"
• Nathan shook his head.
• "She will come back, she's just upset and will come back... I know... She'll be back soon."
• The corners of Nathan's mouth lifted slightly, as if what he said was somehow true. But deep down, he knew it wouldn't happen, she had signed the divorce papers, how could she come back...
• "And me?!"
• Matt's eyes were red and he shouted hoarsely.
• "You wait for her, then what should I do?"
• "You..."
• Nathan's eyes were indifferent.
• "Matt... I'm sorry..."
• "Sorry?"
• Matt smirked mockingly.
• "How many times have you said that? Sorry for what?"
• "I'm sorry, but I've told you before. I fell in love with Valentina."
• Nathan looked at Matt with determination in his eyes. The guilt was no longer there.
• "I fell in love with Valentina three years ago."
• "Ha, ha, ha..."
• Matt laughed arrogantly, but tears flickered in the corners of his eyes.
• "Do you love her? Do you even know what love is? What am I? I have loved you unconditionally for fifteen years, Nathan!"
• "But I don't love you."
• Nathan said this sentence firmly and coldly.
• "I... I never loved you."
• Matt looked at Nathan in shock, with desperate eyes.
• "When Sansa died trying to save me, my heart was ashes. When you confessed your love to me... I didn't reject you just because of her... I'm sorry... I'm not gay, I can't like you."
• Nathan finished speaking and the great pressure in his heart for many years disappeared. It's so easy to tell the truth.
• "You're not gay..."
• Matt's lips repeated the statement, his face dark.
• "Yes."
• Nathan nodded.
• "All this was just a mistake, a misunderstanding. I've always seen you as a brother all these years, tried to reciprocate your feelings, but I couldn't... When you married Isabella, I wished you could be happy with her. When you became a father, I prayed that you would accept your fate. But until I married Valentina... I couldn't ignore the feelings and desires for her."
• Matt stared at him and clenched his fists tightly. He never imagined that his marriage to Valentina would end up separating them for good.
• "It doesn't make sense to continue this farce," Nathan said. "It's time for each of us to go our separate ways."
• "Are you letting me go? Where do I go?" Matt shouted.
• "I left everything for you, where can I go? Besides, we've been together. Nathan, you had sex with me!"
• Nathan lowered his head, making it difficult to see his expression, and said solemnly.
• "I know, we didn't have sex. I was drunk, senseless, unconscious, and naked after waking up."
• Nathan paused before speaking again.
• "It's too unreasonable for me, but... I know you drugged me."
• Matt was horrified and took a few steps back. Nathan remained silent, he had only slept with Valentina, but he knew how to differentiate between a man's and a woman's body.
• "Yes, I lied to you! But I did it because I love you!"
• "I love Valentina! Valentina! Do you understand?"
• Nathan couldn't bear the anger that erupted.
• "It's because of you that I'm living this pain now! It's because of you that she left! It's because of you that she left me!"
• "Nathan, you deserve it!"
• Matt said furiously.
• "Yes! I deserve it!"
• Nathan suddenly raised his head, like a furious lion.
• "I deserve it for not distinguishing between responsibility and love! I've been entangled with you for so many years, and I've set aside who I truly am. I never felt anything, Matt, I never enjoyed a kiss, I never enjoyed your touch. The only time I had an orgasm while I was with you, it happened because I was thinking of Valentina while you were giving me oral sex. And because of all that madness... I lost the person I love."
• "The person you love? Ha, ha, ha..."
• Matt laughed painfully and wiped away his tears. He walked to Nathan's side and punched him in the stomach.
• Nathan didn't retaliate, he just groaned and fell directly onto the sofa.
• "I curse you! You will never find the person you love in this life! That will be my reward."
• With a bang, Matt slammed the door shut and left the apartment.
• Nathan curled up like a wounded beast, greedily inhaling Valentina's scent that lingered between the sofas.
• No, Valentina, I will definitely find you...
• GM Universal Studios Building, Los Angeles, United States.
• "Ring, Ring..."
• The phone rang on the general manager's desk, and a slender finger pressed the call button.
• "What's up?"
• "Manager, the new assistant has arrived. Should I send her in to meet you?"
• "Let her in."
• The man responded with a blank expression.
• "Knock knock knock..."
• After a knock on the door, a magnetic male voice sounded from the general manager's office.
• "Come in."
• "Good morning, I'm the new assistant Vivian."
• The man suddenly looked up when he heard the voice, his face filled with surprise.
• "Valentina?!"
• "Jo"Jonas?""