Actually Illian Haven is bothered by the thought that he practically raised the ml and it's a 15 years gap, if only he met Juli in his teens MC prolly won't feel so weird about it that much.
It's a very realistic feeling. Every female should have that sense you know especially those Father X adopted Daughter trope or those Brother x Adopted sister ahh romance lol
Reading those feels like my morals are bending back n forth. There's that story where og mc is a grown azz adult then reincarnated as a child then the ml is like 10-15 then she basically grew up with him and she's blushing over a kid with a mentality of an adult? what's wrong with the author lol such a lacking character whilst Haven Winter is seriously mature and doesn't feel like just a mere fictional character, she's got a well seasoned personality and I'm staying for that.
Most of the characters in this story doesn't feel childish or dumb(i mean their actions are reasonable/acceptable) that's why I like it although that male lead Jules seriously needs THERAPY.
So basically, our MC, Haven decided to live as Haven Winter instead of Ilian but our ML, Julius loves the old Ilian and can't move on from seeing her on Haven. I love how Haven doesn't easily give in to Julius and even she likes him, she wanted him to see her as Haven not Ilian. To create a difference between her past & present she now decided to change her looks so that she won't be seen as Ilian.