Playing House
Iyero123
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Iyero123
Complete, First published Sep 09, 2020
Mature
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18+ only! 🔥🔥🔥 | Toyin was living her best life! She had the perfect job with an Oil Major, amazing friends, a suitor and a fabulous apartment with a view of the Atlantic Ocean. Life was good until an unexpected breakup led her to the hot but NFA (No Future Ambition) Osaze. An odd pairing which helps her discover herself nonetheless.

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Osaze didn't know what he was doing with his life anymore. He spontaneously quit his dream job as a top programmer with Google 3 years ago, moved back to Nigeria to start up his own tech company but failed miserably, was swindled out of his own code by ruthless business partners and is left with a million dollar debt to pay back to his investors. He now squats with a childhood friend in a dilapidated mansion (which is on the market by the way) and drinks his failure away in Lagos bars. When he meets Toyin, a young high flying oil & gas exec who has her own life together he starts to reevaluate his whole existence.



Word count: 61,000

Best Rankings
📈#1 African | 20 October 2021
📈#1 Nigeria | 29 April 2021
📈#1 Lagos |11 March 2021
📈#1 NYSC | 26 Sept 2020
📈#1 Oil and gas |26 Sept 2020
📈#3 Lekki | 12 Mar 2021
📈#5 programmer | 31 Jan 2021
📈#1 Nigerian Story | 12 Mar 2021
📈#5 Naija | 12 Mar 2021
📈#3 WattpadNigeria | 12 Mar 2021
📈#10 Tech | 14 Mar 2021
📈#5 Naija | 12 Mar 2021


This is the first book in the Lagos Hustle and Love Series. (Came up with this a minute ago lol)
2nd Book: Sophia the First (Chapter 1 out in March 26th 2021)
3rd Book: Flaming Shadow (Chapter 1 out in August 6th 2021)

Warning: Contains a ton of Nigerian & Black slangs (Most of them are googleable so I will leave them in italics but I will add an index of slangs chapter soon)
I appreciate corrections and constructive criticism.
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