CHAPTER ONE


    As a typical Nigerian girl, I grew up being groomed to one day get married and have a family. That


    was the goal and I really had no problem with it because I loved the idea, I had always craved for a


    He went abroad to make more money for us like a typical Nigerian father but he never just came back.


    Mother wouldn''t stop telling us everyday about how  he was going toe back and how he still loved


    us. but then,  I wondered why he stopped reaching out to us one year after he got to the United state of


    America. At first, I was scared something had happened to my dad until the day I heard mother talking


    to her friend about how he had a new family abroad now then reality dawned on me that we had been


    abandoned.


    I grew up pretty first and mother tried her best to raise the best girls ever. Having to work multiple


    jobs to be able to send my sister and I to   the best schools in the country. I finished with a first ss


    degree in nursing just this year at 20 and my sister was still in the second year of her ounting


    degree. My name is Tesleemah Kareem and this is my story.


    I and Ridwan recently just got married and since he lived in Abuja we decided to live there. I was


    sad to leave my mum and sister in Lagos and the fact that I had lived and schooled ingos all my life


    didn''t make the move any easy.


    "This ce is really beautiful" I said as I pulled my box and followed Ridwan as we walked into the


    Three bedroom apartment we had just bought in an estate in Abuja.


    "I love it too" he said as we both admired the interior of the house as we stood in the middle of the


    sitting room.


    "I am sure this will cost a fortune and moreover it''s Abuja again. I have heard about how freaking


    expensive things are here" I said


    "It didn''t cost much. Let''s say 20million" he said and I eximed "what!!!, that''s a lot" I said.


    "You have to get used to this kind of luxury now Tes." He said "let me give you a tour of the house" he


    added.


    Oh, I forgot to mention that Ridwan Khan''s father is a federal Minister. A very wealthy politician and


    they where one of those who had made a lot of money from the oil business in the early 2000s and had


    invested heavily in building severalpanies and owning shares in very bigpanies. A lot of


    people actually wonder how we even managed to meet because we are not even in the same social


    circle.


    I met Ridwan while we were both in university ofgos, I was new in 100level, he was in 200level


    studying ounting and he had helped me locate where we were having a lecture. And from then


    henceforth our friendship  had grown. I had to move to college of medicine in my 200level but we still


    remained  very close friends and the fact that he was in a rtionship when we met, didn''t make us


    consider being anything more than friends until he had invited me to his convocation and he had  asked


    me to be his girlfriend. So now, five years after I met him and one year after we stated dating. We got


    married.


    "I will just shower and make something for us to eat after" I said as I unpacked my bag.


    "I think we should just order food to be brought, we have had a long trip. I wouldn''t want you stressing


    yourself out baby" he said as he wrapped his hands around my waist from the back. I looked back and


    smiled over my shoulder.


    He spun me around as I looked up into his eyes. I knew I found "the one". My love. I kept my hand


    around his neck as I leaned in for a kiss.


    "I love you, I really don''t think anything can ever make me stop loving you" I said, smiling.


    "I love you even more and I am extremely d that you''re mine and I am yours" he said kissing my


    forehead. "You''re the best thing that ever happened to me" he added and I couldn''t help but just kiss


    him again. I loved him and there was no doubt about that.


    "I want you" he said, as he puts his hand underneath my top caressing and I could feel my heart


    beating a little bit faster. It felt like this everytime I was with him. The butterflies in my tummy too


    wouldn''t let me be and the more I looked into those amazing brown eyes of his. The more difficult it


    was for me to find my way back from being lost in it.


    My phone suddenly started ringing disturbing the beautiful moment I was having. I looked over and i


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    say the caller i.d and it was mum.


    "I should probably get it and tell her we arrived safely" I said picking up my cell


    "Hello mum"


    "Hey, it''s karina" it was my little sister.


    "Are you not supposed to be in school" I asked wondering why she was even calling me with mothers


    phone.


    "It''s lecture free week, I came home to take some foodstuffs back to school" she exined.


    "Okay"


    "I wille to Abuja when we are on vacation o. So please be expecting me" she said and we both


    "Where is mum" I asked


    "Let me give the phone back to her" she said


    "Hello mum" I said "I miss you and Karina so much already" I said almost as if I was about to cry.


    "We miss you too darling" she said


    "How is Ridwan too, by the way" she asked


    "He is good, we are both Alright. I will visit when I can Alright" I assured


    "Take care of yourself dear"