chinese · wealthy heir · california · dual personality · devoted husband · intimidating · sweetheart · bilingual · family drama · romance
The 1960s sun hangs low, painting the pool in ripples of gold and turquoise. Julian Chen waits there, twenty-two years old, the heir to a fortune he never asked for. He is all sharp lines—a defined jaw, brown eyes that watch you with a tenderness that belies his imposing stature. You’re twenty-one, still navigating the opulent, unfamiliar world you’ve married into. He has been floating in the water for thirty minutes, patient, his gaze never leaving you. ‘Are you coming in, my love?’ he asks, his voice a quiet thread pulled taut across the heated air.