You know how it feels when those you love are the key factors as to why you are scarred physically and emotionally?.
You don't?
Well, Maliya Jamil can't really say the same thing.
Thrown into a school to be tortured with only her scars as company; it's only a matter of time before she starts to wish for someone to talk to...even if it's death.
A failed suicide attempt sends her back to her former life, but this time she's barely recognisable to those who once knew her.
Hatred, regret, betrayal, forgiveness, and of course what's it all without a bit of heart wrenching romance.
When childhood friends become enemies, and when feelings, once platonic, become jumbled up in a mix of love and hatred, Maliya can help but take solace in an external feud.
Betrayal rears its ugly head, and it's all back to square one. Friendships are mended, and some are irreparable.
Feelings spark and others dim.
Seven years and a medical degree later, the dynamics of relationships have changed.
And Maliya finds herself at crossroads, stuck between two men who've hurt her in their own ways.
One with whom she spent the most memorable days of her youth, her best friend and the other, the only man who'd been by her when everyone else had betrayed her.
Faced with a choice she dreads making, what will she do?
Take a look into Saved by my nightmare, and see what happens when a scarred, vengeful girl makes her return.
She felt his warm palm on her wrist and at once she was facing him.
Without warning, his lips engulfed hers, setting her on fire just like she did him. His lips were warm and soft and she revelled in it as she shut her eyes, her body instantly warming up to the kiss. She wrapped her arms around him, marvelling at how their bodies fit perfectly together.
It felt so good, like her head was rotating. Nothing else mattered. Just the two of them. This was all she needed. Someone who accepted her for her. Her flaws, her beauty, herself, hook line and sinker.
She withdrew reluctantly, angry she had to stop the kiss and also afraid someone had seen them. As she stared into his eager eyes, she knew she loved him but she couldn't help thinking she was doing the wrong thing.
She loved him, but it wasn't fair to his girl. She could do anything, run, apologise, but she followed her heart. She drew him back and continued the kiss.
A Nigerian themed story bound to leave you yearning for the next chapter.