Im talking about when he goes abroad after he encounters the mc fighting with his ex wife. The bit where the blonde dude is hitting on him and he asks if he's okay with bottoming for him. Then later while the mc is wondering why is the ml not contacting him,it switchs to the ml with a blonde guy who's naked in the seat next to him with white stuff on his butt,so it's obvious that he slept with that guy despite him very well intending to get back with the mc.
Tbh I think he had to sleep to the top (or more like if he said no to ppl his art career would be stalled), and now it's not as bad as before, but that threat of someone more powerful than him (or who has strong connections) destroying his career over a rejection is still very possible. U can see that when u can tell he's not vibing with the dude and he tells mc "thnks for getting me out of that situation"
I think him only topping is the boundary he has in that difficult situation
(Also, I think the only reason he is trying to make it big in the art world is to eventually get mc back, had they stayed together im 110% sure he would have taken a different route, but in this universe he was looking for the quickest most efficent way to be successful)

I started reading this and im confused about why the uke is sleeping with others if hes trying to get with the seme? Like he hooked up with the blonde dude when he went abroad. Is it to make the seme jealous? I'm asking coz I'm not really into mls who are pursuing the mc but still sleeping with others.