Taiwo Aromolaran: What’s In A Name?

I want to say "a new beginning" but I'd rather not as nothing could be more pretentious. It's not as if I'm really starting something new or different.

Heartbreaker Rules: Eight

Photo: Tosin Junaid© ¤¤¤ Gboyega arrived at his parent's house much later in a daze. He had killed the engine but he remained in the driver's seat, knowing he had driven himself home but not being able to recollect a single moment of the journey back. Only God knew how he had even managed to …

Heartbreaker Rules: Seven

Photo: Tosin Junaid© Although that was also her custom response, Gboyega could not for the life of him tell whether she'd thrown him a bait or a lifeline. They stood there staring at each other. A second passed, two seconds until she tiptoed clumsily and kissed the bridge of his nose, the spot between his …

If I Should Leave

Disclaimer: Picture is sourced from the Internet I wonder if I'm ready even now to write this story. Maybe it'll end up in the waste bin like series of other attempts I've made in the past. Anyway, if you're reading this, it means I finally decided to do something I haven't done in a long …

Heartbreaker Rules: Six

Photo: Tosin Junaid© ¤¤¤ Okiki held her breath and didn't dare look away as they drove past all the familiar places...Mokola, Oremeji, Sango. It was the seamless blend of rust and gold that charmed her most of all, the contagious exuberance of a city so ancient. For as though to compensate for each second Okiki …

Heartbreaker Rules: Five

Photo: Tosin Junaid© ¤¤¤ Gboyega bolted from his chair and covered the distance between them in only a few strides. It could not be his destiny to keep chasing her in this tedious cycle. Okiki did not flinch when Gboyega covered her hands with his. He said, "I'm sorry" and she nodded. She let him …

Heartbreaker Rules: Four

Photo: Tosin Junaid© ••••••••••••••• There was this funny feeling Okiki got in that moment she counted one to eight even though she was an avenger. First, it was a warm fuzziness like white Easter bunnies padding softly in the pit of her stomach. Until it became a circus in there and her heart was beating …

Long, Healthy Hair as told by Sisi

I did not always have long hair. I never even had a personal relationship with my hair. Because back in the days, my mother used to wash our hair after house chores and breakfast on Saturday. It was not anything fancy. Just my head bowed over our sparkling white bathtub, hair strewn all over the …

Heartbreaker Rules: Three

Photo: Tosin Junaid© ¤¤¤ It was true that Gboyega was away at the New York Business Summit with his father when Okiki submitted her application at Oyekanmi & Elliot on Friday. Even so, he had thoroughly prepared himself for the moment she stepped into his office that Monday morning. It was Oyinlola that broke the …

Heartbreaker Rules: Two

Photo: Tosin Junaid© ••• Gboyega took in her facial features quickly with his lazy, brown eyes. Dark, ebony skin. Harsh, prominent cheekbones and thick, long eyelashes that fanned her cheeks. Nothing he had not seen before! So he looked away. But why were her eyes closed? And was that not desperation he had heard in …