In the eyes of most people who didn't know the truth, the relationship between him and that man, who were twenty-one years apart in age, was only based on financial interests. No matter how good he is, in the eyes of the world, he is just the "lover" of that man who rose to the top with his outstanding looks and realized his own value and ambition.
Many times, the truth is crueler than the facts, but in his case, the so-called reality is as romantic and beautiful as a fairy tale.
The only word is "love".