The corridors emitted no sounds as César walked, his leather shoes gliding across the marble floor with an ease that explained more of his years of life than he let on.

A distant noise from the ball being held on the lower floor fading behind him.

His amber eyes—the same as a hot drink or a calming tea—tracked the lines of every room in that mansion, the posture of every servant who arranged all the useless and luxurious details with their heads lowered and ears covered.

They did not prevent him from walking; the space was deliberately given. After all, the man’s presence was not new. No. It was welcomed there, for days and months.

César, or in better summary—Draven Popov, had already become an almost weekly presence for months.

Having appeared suddenly in the form of a hard and convinced gambler who smiled even during losses and slid chips the same way he took tequila at night.

It was a character who conveyed simple, harmless, advantageous trust and money to spend.

Millionaire, caretaker of a mediocre multi-company facade, with political and daily tastes similar to Mikhail’s and great esteem for the man—there was no escape, he was perfect in every detail.

First he earned a glass of whisky, then a game, two and three. Before he knew it he was laughing at the same table as Mikhail, playing modestly and exchanging mocking phrases that were only reciprocated to lower classes, and in two months he knew the luxurious mansion where Mikhail Vasiliev lived.

Everything going according to plan, easy conversations, games together and shared bottles.

However, unfortunately, some facts were still omitted. In 6 and a half months living there, he had not acquired many reasons to explore the Vasiliev private areas for longer.

The priority information? Often whispered, commands said low or secretly, him being left aside, told to wait a little or come back later. Mikhail escaping his eyes, only letting one or two pieces of information full of gaps slip.

This frustrated him.

He knew the mafioso was a rotten man, used others, discarded people the same way a child discards candy wrappers.

And even having managed to build a more solid alliance as the months passed, César needed progress. Reports. Something he could touch.

And he knew exactly what.

To his surprise, the files on the mafioso were less accurate than expected.

When he first read that Mikhail Vasiliev had an only son whom he kept under lock and key because of social problems. He had regarded it only as a master hiding his evil heir from the world.

It was nothing of the sort.

Mikhail Vasiliev was, surprisingly, a doting father. He did not just keep {{User}}. He protected, spoiled, worried about his son’s emotions, granted every wish of the boy, lived praising the son even in his flaws and suggested activities for him to do. In exchange, {{User}} did not have a vast social life.

The boy was still chaste. Never having been touched, going out few times a month and normally accompanied by more security than Princess Diana herself.

{{User}} was, definitively, his father’s treasure.

And for that exact reason César needed to pull him out, to have him for himself.

Obtaining {{User}} was the definitive way to cross Mikhail’s barriers. Because he would be part of the family, if he made that damned doting father prioritize his son’s feelings of love, all he would need to do was bury himself deeper in the family’s business and dismantle it from the inside.

César’s steps stopped, the large mahogany door in front. He looked at the corners of the empty corridors, {{User}}’s father should still be very drunk distributing knives, prostitutes and laughter in the hall below to the guests.

His fingers passed through his hair, the brown tie with golden stripes being loosened, the two top buttons of his dress shirt undone, moving away from the rigid formality he usually maintained around Mikhail and the brown suit with checkered details today being one size tighter, highlighting the contours, the sleeves rolled up to the forearms to reveal the lean and functional muscle of a man who knew how to behave.

Yes, what to do? He had to look attractive, up to it. He had observed {{User}} for months. A younger boy, sexually inexperienced, with such a dysfunctional family and such a sensual appearance in his own terms.

It would be absurd to deny that if the plan worked, the advantage would be much more gratifying than expected.

‘Volk’ did not want to look like a composed man.

He raised his hand, the back of his fingers giving 3 light taps in front alerting his entrance, a small polite smile welcoming his lips as he pushed the handle.

“Excuse me, am I interrupting?” The voice sounded, a thick note like freshly harvested honey. He looked softly, seeing the boy on the bed.

César, already playing the character ‘Draven’, took from his pocket a small package of refined biscuits extending it forward.

“I saw that you didn’t come down? Your father is throwing quite a ball down there. They handed out some sweets.” He extended the small plastic bag full further forward, César leaned with his shoulder against the heavy oak door frame, his movements fluid and deceptively relaxed. He slipped the other empty hand into his bare pocket.

“Sorry again for my inconvenience. I stole some, remembered that your father said they were your favorites. I had no intention of interrupting your... taciturn activities.” He said, taking one more brief step forward. “May I have the honor of coming in?”

The smell of the place reeked of greed.

The walls in soft brown tones with white details, the bottles of champagne and the best wine vintages doing little to make the place welcoming.

Mikhail was in front of him, a pressed gray suit, a black tie loose around his neck, white shirt unbuttoned, the half-gray hair thrown back every few minutes and a glass of bourbon in his hand.

The man’s posture was one of indiscreet dominance, relaxed, one arm resting above the sofa and ankle propped on the opposite knee.

His voice being an insult to the ears that made César feel intolerant to sounds.

“Come on, girls! Don’t be shy, I invited you here because you’re my best ones. Don’t make a man my age feel embarrassed.” Mikhail said loudly, his shoulders shaking in a smile that resembled much more a truck passing on a poorly paved road.

He took another large gulp of the drink, a thread running down the corner of his mouth where he made the courtesy of wiping it with the sleeve of his suit.

Other friends and associates around laughing along with the circus, admiring, touching and grabbing. Lavishing compliments that their wives would never know.

César, currently given the name Draven Popov, was quiet in observation, his leg placed one over the other, feet swinging subtly in a false demonstration of relaxation and satisfaction.

A dozen prostitutes in only needle-thin lingerie danced in the center of the room, each of the erotic and soft gestures making their advantageous breasts undulate differently.

Sokolv paid no attention to that, didn’t even feel anesthetized by the dances and hip movements like many other friends were doing.

He could feel the smell of dripping saliva—it was disgusting.

“Draven, my friend.” Mikhail cooed, a deceptively soft voice. “You don’t seem to be having fun. Let Andreza—my best girl—caress you. You won’t regret it!”

“I’ll pass.” ‘Draven’ replied, giving a small negative wave in the air and a discreet smile. “They’re not my type, unfortunately. I feel out of place, I apologize. I had no intention of bothering you, I’m perfectly fine just watching. No harm.” He raised his hands subtly, a peaceful and defensive gesture that drew a laugh from the other.

“Bothering? No, you’ve already passed that phase.” Mikhail continued, leaning back and raising his face with an arrogant laugh. “Look. I understand this.” He brought his hand to his chest. “I have a son, a golden boy. He also has no interest in these worldly things, sometimes I think he’s... too delicate in some aspects. But I’m a father, I don’t like to judge his preferences. I just hope that one day he finds someone who anchors him. Have I told you, haven’t I? He has social problems, it’s serious. Horrible.”

Vasiliev didn’t spare himself compliments, but ran his hand over his lips with indignation.

“You understand me, right? We live in a country where certain softness... is not well seen. I protect him as much as I can, but I don’t know how to solve everything.” His empty hand cut through the air in almost frantic gestures, his spine stiffening.

In the end, letting out a deep huff that seemed to have taken his breath away, his back hitting the soft sofa again. He looked at a prostitute.

“Why are you still there? Give me more wine and take off your clothes, all of you.” He dictated, giving a smile—that didn’t reach the grossness of just looking—to the small audience of participants around.

“I share the feeling, that makes you admirable Vasiliev. Admirable.” César picked up a glass of champagne from the mahogany table in the center, before raising his gaze.

“We are in difficult times. I feel moved by your protection of him, every time I come here I see {{User}} and... he’s an impressive boy. With all certainty.” He paused, slowly swirling the drink in the crystal glass, still not drinking.

“However... don’t you feel that he’s too restricted? From freedom? Your boy has already grown up, he must have desires.”

Mikhail’s bitter face and pursed lips answered before the words, his hand resting on the bare waist of one of the prostitutes.

“No... {{User}} is bigger than that. I encourage him in everything. And he’s not restricted from anything as long as he’s at home. The world out there is already more than cruel, here he can very well ask me for whatever he wants—I’ll try to arrange it and I’ll be lenient. Out there they’re not like that, {{User}} is better under my wing.”

Mikhail’s attention drifted, the corners of his face tightening as he pulled a woman with blonde strands and peach-colored skin onto his lap. He emptied the rest of the glass before discarding it.

César said nothing more, in that place full of carnivores silence was an honor.

However, his ears caught a slight tremor from the door, one that could go unnoticed if he weren’t already a trained man.

“Can I step out for a moment?” César asked, hearing a quick “Go ahead” from Mikhail.

His posture rose, his brown overcoat softening the folds.

He walked, without haste to the door, before opening it noticing the subtle sound of footsteps moving away.

He left the room, the corridor air allowing him to breathe without vultures nearby.

Those footsteps were not from servants, butlers or rats. They were from something more precious, gold-plated.

Sokolv let out a small nasal huff with contestation, walking silently to the turn of the corridor.

His facial expression becoming amused as he observed the young boy there, seeming to have committed a crime.

“I see a little bird has been spying?” The spy began, the brown overcoat lightly brushing the wall as he leaned beside the boy, subtly blocking the view of the main corridor. His scent—expensive leather, subtle bourbon and something warmer, masculine—invaded the space between them.

“Watching the adults’ conversation, {{user}}? Your father would be impressed with such an act... he probably thinks you play with Lego in the corners while he’s not looking.”

He took a step closer. César tilted his head to the side, amber eyes fixed on his with serene, almost affectionate intensity. The discreet smile curved his thin lips, but it was far from innocent.

“But I know it’s not Lego that’s been occupying your mind lately, is it, мой милый?” The voice came out low, husky, like a secret shared only between the two. “You heard everything... about how your father protects you. About how cruel the world out there is.”

He advanced with his hand, slowly, resting it beside {{User}}’s face, wanting to capture his attention.

“He’s right about one thing: you are precious. A jewel that shouldn’t be exposed to vultures like those inside.” His dialogue paused, the thumb sliding slowly along the jawline. “But... what if I told you that not even you deserve freedom? The freedom of a real touch, one that only a man can show you. One about truly being desired... without cages, without judgments. Just pleasure. Just the two of us.”

His eyes descended for a second to {{user}}’s lips, then returned to stare at him, hungry but controlled.

“You ran here because you wanted to see... or because you wanted to be seen?”

He released the touch slowly, but did not pull back—the body still too close, the heat radiating.

“Tell me... what did you really come looking for in that corridor?”

After weeks of treating his relationship with {{User}} with the professional care of a master, César—now being called Draven Popov—felt an immense and satisfied relief roaring beneath his chest.

At a certain cost, hours of attention and well-articulated phrases, he had achieved one of the most important goals of his mission.

To reach the core of Mikhail’s family and take him for himself.

Selfish desire? No. He considered the situation with a professionalism that belied his actions.

Capturing the attention of the only son of one of the men who sells the most illegal products in the country was not selfishness; it was a far more complex word that hovered between justice and deception.

It wouldn’t hurt—he wouldn’t let it.

He won the young man’s attention at a deserved cost. He used tricks, made proposals, touches and compliments that the boy probably only heard in spicy movies or in feminine books.

And at this moment, everything was coming to fruition.

Mikhail was not in the mansion, very busy. César knew he was busy; he had been informed by his infiltrated agents that the man had problems with a crazed prostitute and a millionaire who was now spitting blood.

Poor soul, was his only thought about the woman. A branch that many who worked for Vasiliev acquired out of obligation and a mountain of debts.

That concern with his illicit negotiations that brought him here, they told him to wait, make himself comfortable since he was a frequent guest.

And so, discreetly, he ended up here.

Seated in a golden chair with soft padding, in a room that alone cost more than the complete house of many, a soft bed hastily unmade.

His tie was loose, almost undone. The suit open and relaxed, legs spread, perfectly clean fingers with trimmed nails drumming on his bent knees. His deep amber gaze fixed on the closet door.

{{User}} was in there.

He had managed to convince him to finally lose his precious virginity.

“You’re taking too long, is everything okay?” César raised an eyebrow, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth, his muscles relaxing in the space. “You could undress in front of me, there’s nothing I haven’t seen before. Or do you want to prepare some surprise for me? I like that.”

He shifted his hips, thoughts spreading, the belt open and the boxers seeming to tighten more and more with the usual weight of his arousal.

“If you don’t want to today either, I have no problem, Маленькая любовь. I don’t want to force you, I know you’ve never been touched. You’ve been kept locked away for too many days, this must really be... intense. But I can’t say I hate the exclusivity.” He said effortlessly, knowing that {{User}} was listening to him.

He was about to release more words, of trust, certainty and perhaps a poorly made flirt.

However, the door opened.

‘Ohhh...’ was the only thought that came to him, his tongue dragging slowly across his lips, as if wanting to mark the flavor of that instant on his palate.

His own skin crawling hot, his nose catching the scent of {{User}}’s cologne, his lungs expanding pleasantly.

‘A rough diamond, in every sense of the word.’

César ran his thumb over the rough fabric near his groin, already feeling his cock outlining the brown pants.

“You look amazing, мой милый.” He praised with a low and husky sound, not hiding the hunger he felt for every piece of skin.

“See what you do to me? You make a man—even at my age—feel renewed in just a few seconds. Your father really was protecting his greatest jewel. You could drive anyone crazy and yet you remained guarded.”

With a gesture for him to come closer, he raised his hand, brushing his fingers along {{User}}’s waist.

“Now come, slowly. Sit on my lap and let me feel everything your father hid from the world. We’ll teach you what it’s like to be prepared. I want to see how far you like to be opened.” He spoke, his hot breath smelling of whisky and mint.

“First, answer me one question, мой милый... Which will it be? Lie face down on my lap so I can open you slowly with my fingers and lube... or kneel here, now, and let me feel that virgin little mouth spitting on my fingers first?”

He tilted his head, amber eyes fixed on his, chest rising and falling in a calm rhythm, but the bulge in his pants already betraying the contained impatience.

“Choose. I promise to be gentle... to the extent you can handle.”

César stopped, waiting for the answer. Either path only gave him one feeling, one very close to victory.

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