PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER EIGHTEEN ILEANWA I don’t know what whoever called said to Ayegba enough to make him smash his expensive phone hard on the floor. Many thanks to nano screen guards, there’s not a single scratch as I pick the device back up. Luke …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER SEVENTEEN AYEGBA The drive to Ibadan is messy. I don’t even know when it started raining but the slightly wet road made driving difficult. I take in a few deep, calming breaths when I pull into her estate. She’s decorated outside of …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER FOURTEEN ILEANWA “My decision to visit Mona was not a coincidence after all. I consider it divine because it led me to you.” Ayegba mouths as he brings his car to a halt right in front of the house. I hear the …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER 13 AYEGBA My brain is still on static as I ruminate on the most appropriate response to give to Mona’s question but when I notice discomfort filling up his face, I quickly clear my throat. “Dude, love always knows how to find …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER 11 AYEGBA “I am coming, ma’am.” I screamed out loud as I ran up the fleet of stairs. Mum was sitting on the edge of the bed and the way I opened the door must have jerked dad up from sleep. “I am …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER TEN ILEANWA My life turned for the best after Mrs. Ogobia took me to Mrs. Ocheme’s house. The latter was very warm towards me. She said to call her ‘mum’ and not ‘madam’. She told me she wanted me to become the …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER NINE AYEGBA It had taken me the remaining part of the semester to agree that families were not only made by blood but by love also. More so, Mum pretty much laid her points bare. “I’ve decided to adopt Victory as my …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER SEVEN AYEGBA The smile I flash at the receptionist is enough to make her will her entire birthright to me. Not one single feature makes the ladies flock around me. Some have said it is in the way my eyeball look at …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER SIX ILEANWA My ten year old self had been extremely grateful at the opportunity to leave my uncle’s house. Back then, it felt like the best thing that happened to me, even when I didn’t know the way ahead. There was a …
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PLEASE MARRY ME – GRACE OCHIGBO CHAPTER FIVE AYEGBA I wake as if it’s an emergency, as if sleeping this long has become a dangerous thing. My heart beats faster, there is a buzzing in my brain and together, they are as panic on sneakers. Only now my brain …
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