Ozioma Writes
Three months ago, Daniel Cole left me two weeks before our wedding.
No goodbye. No explanation. Just a text at 2:14 a.m. and a loan with both our names on it.
Now he’s back.
Same smile. Same navy suit. New fiancée.
And guess who just signed the contract to plan their wedding?
Me. Chimamanda Okorie. Amanda to him, thank you very much.
The bride is Tiwa Ajayi-Williams, the sweetest heiress in Lagos, and if I walk away now, I owe her family fifty percent of a fee I’ve already spent keeping my father alive.
So I smile. I order the peonies. I pretend I don’t know the groom.
Then her brother corners me.
Oluwadamilare Ajayi-Williams. CEO. Cold as a boardroom at 8 a.m. He reads bank statements for fun, and he’s certain Daniel isn’t who he says he is.
He’s right. Daniel isn’t even his real name.
Dami’s offer is simple. Pose as his girlfriend, get close to the family, and help him expose the man who’s about to marry his sister. In return, my debts go away.
Five conditions. One signature. Absolutely no kissing.
It should be easy.
Plan the perfect wedding. Ruin it at the altar.
Except the closer I get to the truth, the more Daniel’s lies start leading back to me. Dami is looking at me like I’m the only thing he can’t put a price on.
And I’m starting to forget which part of this is fake.
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