Married for Love, Betrayed for Money

Midnight rain pounds the zinc as my wife guards her bride price like gold, refusing to save her own mother in the hospital. One IOU, one broken phone, and curses fly as family turns enemy, and tradition becomes a weapon. Tonight, I must choose: betray my marriage vows or let blood spill—because in this house, money is thicker than love.

On her wedding day, her drunk husband loses ₦380,000 at a rigged family card game. The crowd demands payment, shame threatens to bury her parents, and her new marriage hangs by a thread. But when she sits at the table and reveals a secret no one in the village knows, the real game begins—because this bride is ready to gamble everything to save her family’s pride.

After five years of loyalty, I discovered my fiancée’s secret affair with her married supervisor—complete with a hidden pregnancy and abortion she never confessed. As her family rushes our wedding, she smiles in my face while plotting behind my back, using me as her cover. Now, with evidence in hand, I must decide: expose their lies and shatter both families, or swallow the pain and keep living a lie?

Forced into a cold marriage for family pride, Amaka watches her husband Ifeanyi risk everything to protect the poor market girl he truly loves. At her own birthday party, Ifeanyi saves Halima from disaster, leaving Amaka bleeding and humiliated before the whole Okafor clan. Now trapped between loyalty to her family and the pain of being a wife in name only, Amaka must decide if dignity is worth more than gold—especially when even her husband’s gifts are just leftovers from another woman’s heart.

Morayo thought she found true love with Ifeanyi, a man who pretended to be broke for years—only to discover he was the hidden heir to a fortune. Betrayed and forced to choose between family survival and romantic dreams, Morayo marries for security, but fate throws her into the spotlight when her ex resurfaces as the groom at her client’s high-society wedding. Now, surrounded by gossip and old wounds, she must reclaim her dignity and prove that peace of mind is worth more than any billionaire’s ring.

On New Year’s Day, my cousin slammed his BMW key on the table, daring anyone to match his pride in a high-stakes card game. With my fiancée’s wedding gold and our future apartment on the line, I risked everything to defend my family’s dignity after he disgraced my father in front of everyone. As the stakes soared—money, houses, even bride price—one wrong move could destroy my love, my home, and my father’s honour forever.

Morayo thought her marriage was unbreakable—until a public bar scandal exposes her husband's betrayal and drags her into a fierce battle with his side chick. As family pressure, old wounds, and new humiliations threaten to destroy her, Morayo must choose between revenge and survival. In Lagos, love and loyalty are never what they seem, and one woman’s pain could set the city on fire.

Tunde sacrifices everything for his wife’s family, only to face betrayal when she shames him publicly just to force him to buy a house for her brother. With his respect, marriage, and sanity on the line, Tunde must choose between being used or finally fighting for his own happiness. Will he escape their grip, or lose everything in the process?

For over a year, I honored her 'traditional values,' believing I found a rare good girl in Lagos. But when I discovered her secret affair with a married father—after all the respect, the lies, the shame—I realized heartbreak wears the finest cloth. Now, it's my turn to taste betrayal, and in this city where trust is currency, I'm left bankrupt and burning for revenge.

Uche tricks his loyal wife Ifeanyi into a fake divorce to avoid sharing his hard-earned wealth, replacing her with Halima, the first love who once abandoned him for being poor. Ifeanyi leaves without drama, but her quiet strength and sacrifice for their daughter haunt Uche, even as he basks in his new 'perfect' life. When the truth about Ifeanyi's role in his success and her silent exit unfolds, Uche must face the real cost of betrayal—because in Lagos, karma never misses address.

Ozioma signs the divorce paper, thinking it's just acting to please Olawale's new fling—until the bet turns real and her heartbreak becomes public entertainment. Mocked for her silence and gentle nature, she faces betrayal as Olawale flaunts his new love, while friends gamble on how soon she’ll beg to return. But when a mysterious message from Femi Sani offers her a second chance at happiness, Ozioma must decide if she can leave her pain—and her past—behind for good.

Torn between the expectations of her family and the secret love her husband holds for another woman, the narrator is caught in a storm of betrayal and longing. As old school scandals resurface and forbidden feelings simmer, she must decide whether to fight for a hollow marriage or claim her own happiness before everything unravels. In Abuja’s glittering social scene, secrets never stay buried for long.