love and romance stories
There are several things you learn when you get married. First, you learn to set expectations. Secondly, you learn to not live by any of those expectations. When we first got married,…
I woke up to the noise outside as every single staff member in my father’s mansion tried to ensure the success of the traditional wedding of my arranged marriage. Looking out the…
“This place looks so shady…” Richard wiped a sweaty palm on his jeans as he gripped the steering wheel with his other hand. “I’m not surprised, so… what now?” Adora asked impatiently.…
Melissa She sat from across the room and watched as his chocolate skin blended with the dark of the night to cast a silhouette of something huge on the bed. “How could…
“Will you marry me? Make me the happiest man in the world and marry me Ivie…” he said. Ivie stared at him in disbelief. “He was expecting a reply. This two-timing cliche…
Diana sat in the middle row, right in the centre of the pew. Squashed in-between Simon’s cousin Tega – who he only saw once every couple of years – and his obese…
“What has come over you?” I asked. Jamie ignored me and brushed past quickly to the other side of the room to stand before the mirror. Staring angrily at her reflection, I…
As she winded up and down for the umpteenth time to check the progress of movement up ahead, she couldn’t help but curse aloud. She was late for her Doctor’s appointment already.…
It was in the murky shadows of my dreams that I first heard my name. First faintly, then harsh and insistent like someone trying to water unfertile ground. The tension in the…
When I saw the video of prisoners jumping out of Oko prison here in Benin City I laughed. “How foolish do these people think we are?” I asked my friend Femi who…