When your girlfriend gives you a gym membership for your birthday, your relationship is probably doomed. Too bad Jenny didn't realize this before proposing. Rejection stings, but it's the catalyst Jenny needs to move her stagnant life forward. For Juliana, well-padded women frequenting the gym she works at are potential clients. But she can't help noticing how cute this one is. And determined. And a number of other things she shouldn't notice. She doesn't, however, want to be attracted to gym clients, so she does her best to keep it professional. If only her attraction to the woman would do the same. Open Novella Contest (ONC) entry - Prompt #61: After being jilted, you move to the city to hide your embarrassment, lick your wounds, and start afresh.

BEING A TEEN SERIES: CLOCKING SIXTEEN (BOOK 2) Every teenage girl looked forward to clocking sixteen. Not that there was anything special about the day you clocked sixteen but the fact that you were sixteen already. To some girls, its the time to have a boyfriend, the age to get disvirgined, the age to set loose. To other girls, its the age to start living independently, the age to start living your own life. Some many perks came with clocking sixteen. As for me, Olumayede Rachel, I wasn't left out in this expectation. Born with a silver spoon and extra loving parents, my familial life is perfect. Everything seems to be fine except that academically, I am a failure, in terms of friends, I don't have any except the clique I'm always trying to fit in. In terms of the relationships, the guy I like doesn't even know I exist. In summary, my teenage life was a mess. I tried desperately every day to fit in but the harder I tried, the more I felt I didn't belong there. 2 weeks to my sixteenth birthday, my dad gave me an assigment. To me, it was rather a funny assigment, he told me to discover myself and he would get me an iPhone. If I had an iPhone I would finally be able to fit in with my friends. I was excited and eager to finish the assigment until I realized that the so called assigment wasn't really an assigment, it was about me, it was me discovering myself. Like every girl who clocked sixteen experienced a dramatic change in their life, I wasn't left out as I also experienced a dramatic change too. THIS IS A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY. MORE OF LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELF. ©COMING SOON AUGUST 2020

"Why would you lie like that yarima...I can't do this,for how long would I continue to pretend that I am pregnant."I said trying to reason with yarima. "look,everyone is happy about this pregnancy,I can't ruin their happiness like this.They would be hurt to find out that they have been misunderstanding things."yarima said trying to be adamant. "Yarima they would be more hurt if they found out later that we lied to them.We have no solution than to tell them the truth."I said. "I think there is a solution.Maybe I can get you pregnant after all am your husband and Janan lately has been disturbing me about getting her a sibling."yarima said moving closer to me. I tried moving back while yarima kept moving forward until he pinned me against the wall.He moved his face closer to mine joining the tip of our nose together. "Yarima what are you doi... I couldn't complete as yarima placed his lips on mine kissing me softly as he demand entrance from my lips which I gladly allowed him to explore my mouth.Soon yarima started kissing me roughly slowly moving down to my neck....

Ada is your average 25 year old waitress working a minimum wage job at a diner while going to law school. James is your typical ruthless CEO of a multi-billion dollar company even though he is only 27. He promised himself not to let anybody else into his life until he meets Ada. They say opposites attract but are they to opposite? What happens when these two crazy Nigerian lives collide. Will love happen? Read this story to find out. =-O

Angela's life pretty much sucked until she met Giacomo. Tall, dark and handsome, he would be everything she could wish for - if he weren't a penniless and homeless illegal Italian immigrant who happens to be four years her senior. Or is he? Penniless and homeless, that is. The truth that slowly unravels seems to be far more sinister and bloody. Suffice it to say that Angela doesn't exactly look forward to meeting his family, especially his godfather... Follow Angela on her journey as she struggles to find her place in a world beyond her wildest dreams - and nightmares.

A NIGERIAN TEEN LOVE STORY Meet Ola-Adipo Lolalde, a struggling teenager who sells pure water and drinks by the roadside to pay her school fees and feed her family. Born and raised in the slums, Lolade is exposed to the harsh side of life and she struggles to live. Despite the harsh conditions and unfavorable situations, Lolade remains an unrivalled beautiful young girl. Blessed with a dark shiny skin and good brains, Lolade manages to keep her head up high in the mist of problems and misfortunes. Comes in your unusual male lead. Born with a really silver spoon in his mouth, Adeagbo-Oke Jesse is your usual tall handsome guy with the tea brown eyes. Jesse has lived all in his life having everything at his beck and call and so has never really wanted anything in his life. All Jesse did that afternoon was to wind down the window to try to buy a bottle of chilled coke by the roadside. Struck dumb by the girl who was also gawking at him, Jesse's heart starts pounding. Lolade had seen the black Bentley wind down the glass and she had rushed to sell her drinks. The sight that greeted her blew her breadth away. Words refused to form as she just continued to stare at him. And so a love story starts. © COMING SOON. MARCH 2021

imani never knew what it was like to be on her own.Her mother's decisions led them into a world that she can never escape.But when this mysterious person finds her,will she get revenge for what was taken from her, or will she end up in the same predicament?