I Refused My Ex’s Bride Price

After paying ₦2.8 million bride price, Chijioke travels home for Christmas to seal his engagement—only to face a greedy in-law council demanding millions more, plus a house for his fiancée’s brother. Humiliated, abandoned by Ngozi, and driven to the brink as his father lands in hospital from the stress, Chijioke must choose: lose everything for love, or fight a family ready to sell their daughter like cattle. In a world where tradition becomes extortion, how much can one man sacrifice before he breaks?

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.

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?

When hunger drives Lilian from her aunty’s house, she’s dumped with the proud Okoli family—forced to fill an impossible clay jar before they’ll call her wife. Every kobo is earned with blood, sweat, and public shame, but just as the jar fills, her engagement is switched to an even poorer rival family. With her pride and savings in hand, Lilian must choose: suffer for a loveless marriage, or ride away in a battered keke, dignity ringing louder than any wedding bell.

Professor Obinna sacrificed everything for his daughter Ifeoma, showering her with gifts as bride price to secure her future. But betrayal from Ifeoma and her greedy in-laws shatter the family, leading to heartbreak, public disgrace, and a fight for dignity. Now, with shame hanging over their heads, Obinna must decide how far a father’s love should go—before it destroys everyone.

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 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.

Tunde faces shocking betrayal on his wedding day when his girlfriend’s parents demand an outrageous ₦50 million security deposit, threatening to shatter his dreams and disgrace his family. As tensions rise and hidden resentments erupt, Tunde must choose between family honor and the woman he loves. With every moment, the risk of losing everything grows, and what should be a celebration turns into a battle for dignity and true love.

I thought I was planning my dream wedding, but my bride-to-be was secretly rekindling old flames with her ex behind my back. Every sweet word, every midnight call, and every coded Facebook post was a lie—her heart was never truly mine. In Lagos, love is a battlefield, and I just discovered I’m fighting alone.

After ten hard years as a househelp, Ifeoma returns to her village with only her pride and dreams. When she’s faced with a marriage proposal from Musa—the so-called 'old bull' of a powerful, dramatic family—she must battle gossip, jealous co-wives, and her own fears to claim happiness. But in a world where bride price means everything, will love or tradition win?

Tunde escapes a loveless marriage and dives into a flashy new life with his vibrant young lover, Morayo. But as old wounds and family expectations collide, he discovers that happiness has a price—and the taste of betrayal lingers longer than he ever imagined.

For ₦500,000, Ikenna became his own brother just to care for Amara, the blind heiress abandoned by her family. But when her sight returned, he vanished—leaving behind a love built on lies and a simple silver ring. Now, years later, she's the queen of Onwudiwe, engaged to the wrong man, and one look threatens to expose the secret that could ruin them all.