Hong Kong ( CNN ) -- The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon who has offered millions of dollars to any man who can win her heart is asking him to come to terms with her sexuality . `` As your daughter , I would want nothing more than to make you happy , '' Gigi Chao writes to her father , Cecil , in an open letter published Wednesday in two local newspapers . `` But in terms of relationships , your expectations of me and the reality of who I am , are not coherent . '' Cecil Chao , a wealthy real estate developer , made headlines around the world in 2012 when he offered 500 million Hong Kong dollars ( roughly $ 65 million ) to any man who succeeded in marrying his daughter . The only requirement is that the man `` loves my daughter , and she loves him , '' he said at the time . He proposed the multimillion dollar dowry after it emerged that Gigi Chao and her longtime female partner , Sean Eav , had their relationship blessed in a church ceremony in Paris . His refusal to accept the relationship leaped back into the news in Hong Kong this month after a Malaysian newspaper that interviewed him reported that he might be willing to double his dowry offer . Men are 'just not for me ' The renewed media glare appears to have prompted Gigi Chao , 34 , to pen her heartfelt letter . She confirmed to CNN that she wrote it . `` I am sorry that people have been saying insensitive things about you lately , '' she writes to her father , stressing that she `` will always forgive you for thinking the way you do , because I know you think you are acting in my best interests . '' She says she takes responsibility for some of her father 's misplaced expectations . When he first announced the huge dowry in 2012 , she said at the time she found it `` quite entertaining . '' But now she appears to be setting the record straight . `` I 'm sorry to mislead you to think I was only in a lesbian relationship because there was a shortage of good , suitable men in Hong Kong , '' she writes . `` There are plenty of good men , they are just not for me . '' Plea to accept partner . She says that she felt `` an indescribable discomfort '' in the presence of boyfriends she had in the past . But with 46-year-old Eav , she says she is `` comfortable and satisfied with my life and completely at ease with her . '' Her 77-year-old father has never married , earning a reputation for appearing on the pages of local newspapers and magazines in the arms of beautiful women . He once reportedly bragged of having had 10,000 girlfriends . Gigi Chao says in her letter that she regrets that her father has `` no idea how happy I am with my life . '' She also urges him to try to accept her female partner . `` 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 , '' she writes . CNN 's Anjali Tsui and Tim Schwarz contributed to this report .
Gigi Chao writes an open letter to her father that is published in local papers . In 2012 , he offered a huge dowry to any man who married her . A Malaysian newspaper reported this month that he is willing to double the offer . But his daughter urges him to accept her sexuality and her longtime female partner .