Chioma had always been a practical girl. At 21, her life revolved around balancing her computer science studies and managing her growing ambitions in web development. Romance, to her, was a distraction she couldn’t afford—until the day fate stepped in.
It was a warm, golden afternoon in December when she attended a tech seminar in Lagos. While scrolling through her phone, a clumsy bump spilled her coffee on a stranger’s laptop. Horrified, she looked up to apologize and was met with a pair of dark, kind eyes.
“I’m so sorry! Let me fix this,” Chioma stammered.
The stranger smiled. “It’s fine. I think the laptop’s still alive. I’m Ugo, by the way.”
The brief exchange turned into a long conversation during the seminar breaks. Ugo was also a tech enthusiast, passionate about AI. He was charming, witty, and shared Chioma’s dream of building something extraordinary in tech. For the first time,