Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

CHAPTER EIGHT
TYERSALL PARK, SINGAPORE
Before Rachel was even fully awake, she could smell the coffee. The aroma of the
Homacho Waeno beans she loved so much roasted, ground, and poured into a French
press with boiling water. But wait a minute—she was still in Singapore, and the one thing
that wasn’t absolute perfection at Tyersall Park was the coffee. Rachel opened her eyes
and saw her usual breakfast tray placed on the ottoman next to the tartan-covered
armchair, the beautiful silver curves of the Mappin & Webb teapot glinting against the
morning light, and gorgeous Nick sitting in the armchair smiling at her.
“Nick! What are you doing here?” Rachel sat up with a start.
“Um, last time I checked this was our bedroom.” Nick laughed as he got up and gave her
a kiss.
“But when did you get back from Thailand?”
“An hour ago on Prince Jirasit’s plane. Guess what type of coffee they had on board?”
“Oh my God—I think I smelled it in my dreams!” Rachel exclaimed as Nick handed her
a cup and sat cross-legged on the bed next to her.
“Mmmmm!” Rachel sighed in contentment after taking her first sip.
“I love seeing you so satisfied.” Nick beamed.
“I thought you were going to stay in Chiang Mai until the end of the week?”
“You know, I went to Chiang Mai expecting to meet a guy who would lend me a few
billion dollars. But what I discovered there were treasures far beyond my imagination,
things you can’t place a monetary value on. I was reading Ah Ma’s diaries, and what I
found in them was so important that it couldn’t wait another day. I needed to share them
with you.”
Rachel sat up against her pillows. She hadn’t seen Nick this excited about anything in a
long time. “What did you find?”
“There’s so much to tell you, I don’t even know where to begin. I think the first
revelation was that Prince Jirasit was my grandmother’s first love. They met in India,
where she had escaped to just before the Japanese invaded Singapore during World War
II. She was twenty-two, and they had a passionate wartime affair and traveled through