What I Shouldn't Feel for You

LANI OKOYE-LI never meant for her crush to grow this deep.
At 19, she's a freshman in college and an artist with a world of her own-anime sketches, painted landscapes, and the romance manga she secretly writes to escape real life.
One of those stories features a fictionalized version of the man she should never want:
Her best friend's uncle.
KAEL LIU WEIQING.
A tall, quiet, sharp-eyed billionaire Buddhist, nine years older, emotionally disciplined, and burdened by the expectations of a powerful Chinese family.
A man who has built ten successful companies but can't build a real relationship because his family forced him into emotional stillness.
They don't know he has a weakness.
A secret he hides behind meditation, silence, and distance:
He's been crushing on Lani for years.
Her curvy, soft, plus-size beauty.
Her bright laugh.
Her wild imagination.
Her art-filled world feels warmer than anything he's allowed himself to feel.
But he doesn't confess.
Their age difference is too wide.
Their lives are too different.
And he refuses to ruin her future.
Until the day Lani overhears his secretary claiming she's pregnant-
and Lani assumes Jiàn Yuè already has a girlfriend, the type he would choose: elegant, slim, sophisticated.
Heartbroken, she pulls away.
And for the first time, Jiàn Yuè's perfect control cracks.
With his Buddhist calm slipping and his family pushing him to find love, he has to decide:
Will he bury his feelings and protect her innocence?
Or finally step into the life, into the love-he shouldn't feel for her... but can't let go of?