Gigi Chao wrote her billionaire father, a famous womanizer who has reportedly been ‘intimate’ with 10,000 women, the letter after he doubled the bounty from the original £40million in 2012.
The 34-year-old's letter to Cecil Chao reads:
‘Dear Daddy,
‘I love you very much, and I think I can speak for my brothers also, that we have the utmost respect for you as a father and role model in business.
‘I will always forgive you for thinking the way you do, because I know you think you are acting in my best interests.
'I feel romantically attracted to a woman.. I can’t really explain it either'
‘As your daughter, I would want nothing more than to make you happy. But in terms of relationships, your expectations of me and the reality of who I am, are not coherent.
‘I am responsible for some of this misplaced expectation, because I must have misled you to hope there were other options for me. You know I’ve had male lovers in the past, and I’ve had happy, albeit short-lived, relationships. I found myself temporarily happy, buoyed by the freshness, the attention, the interest, of someone physically stronger than myself.
‘But with Sean, a woman, somehow it was different. I am comfortable and satisfied with my life and completely at ease with her. I know it’s difficult for you to understand how I could feel romantically attracted to a woman; I suppose I can’t really explain it either. It just happens, peacefully and gently, and after so many years, we still love each other very much.
‘My regret is that you have no idea how happy I am with my life, and there are aspects of my life that you don’t share. I suppose we don’t need each other’s approval for our romantic relationships, and I am sure your relationships are really fantastic too.
‘However, I do love my partner Sean, who does a good job of looking after me, ensuring I am fed, bathed and warm enough every day, and generally cheering me up to be a happy, jolly girl. She is a large part of my life, and I am a better person because of her.
‘There are plenty of good men, they are just not for me'
‘Now, I’m not asking you to be best of friends; however, it would mean the world to me if you could just not be so terrified of her, and treat her like a normal, dignified human being.
‘I understand it is difficult for you to understand, let alone accept this truth.
‘There are plenty of good men, they are just not for me.
‘Wishing you happiness.
‘Patiently yours,
‘Your daughter, Gigi’