13/01/2026
Title: SHADOWS OF FATE
A short Nigerian love series that began with fire and ended in ashes.
Episode 1: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
In the bustling heart of Onitsha Main Market, where the air smelled of fresh akara and Ankara prints, Chidi first saw Ada. She was bargaining fiercely for a piece of George fabric, her laughter cutting through the noise like music.
Chidi, a young auto parts dealer with kind eyes and steady hands still nursing a heartbreak from his relationship of 2 years and as a result has giving up on love totally never beleived what his eyes and ears were experiencing at the same time, a beautiful body and a melodious laughter that greeted his ears with so much tenderness and appeal, getting a hold of himself he walked up to her and offered to help carry her heavy bags. Their fingers brushed, and something unspoken passed between them.
Ada on the other hand just concluded her NYSC programme and was settling into her new Job as a head of operations of a renowned financial institution, also not so lucky in the relationship market also left her fiance after discovering he was already married with a child, obliged and couldn't help but notice hw well built the young Man who was helping her is, she exchanged contact with him at his request and they agreed to hangout that evening afterall what harm will it bring since he came to her as a gentleman.
That evening, they walked along the Niger River at sunset, sharing roasted plantain and dreams, it turned out they shared alot in common and as days passed they grew fond of each other. Ada will bring him food during the weekends and Chidi will take her out in the evenings to show her around Onitsha. Chidi promised her the world; Ada promised him her heart...
What could actually go wrong with them?
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