La Nuit Blanche, the most famous long-established patisserie in Paris's 16th arrondissement.
Leon is lucky enough to be an apprentice here.
Every Friday afternoon, a beautiful Oriental lady arrives as expected and buys two lemon tarts to take away.
From then on, Leon always asks to work the Friday shift.
He carefully and slowly ties a ribbon around the cake box, then, the moment he hands it to her...
he forces himself to look at the dazzling, expensive wedding ring on her hand.
Until one day, she arrives just before closing.
Her refined makeup cannot hide the fatigue in her eyes, and the wedding ring is gone from her hand.
"I suddenly feel like trying something different." She doesn't even look at the lemon tarts again. "What would you recommend?"
Summoning every ounce of courage, Leon ties the ribbon around his own wrist.
The boy's eyes are a deep, vivid blue, like the Kashmir sapphire Ming Lu just bought. Clear and bright, they reflect only her.
Ming Lu has never been looked at like this before.
After a long moment, she smiles and hooks a finger under the ribbon.
"How about you come to my place and make something for me?"
Ming Lu hadn't meant to get emotionally involved. It was just a whim, and she runs off as soon as she's eaten.
But the little cat she teased so casually is actually a little lion. He clings to her and pins her down, his eyes damp as he tells her again and again that he loves her...
Sweet young male pastry chef x wealthy older woman
Reader's guide:
(1) The female lead is not a virgin, while the male lead is. A French dessert foodie romance, with food and romance in equal measure.
(2) The main story alternates between the leads' perspectives, since many of the dishes are made by the male lead.
(3) The male lead is mixed-race, shy and insecure, and secretly in love with the female lead.
(4) The female lead is divorced, beautiful and confident, ten years older than the male lead, and decidedly dominant in the relationship. She doesn't take things seriously at first and is a bit of a heartbreaker.
Theme: Keep the courage to love and be loved.
