Zara Amadi, 24, is a struggling baker from Yaba trying to save her mother's house from being seized. Adrian Knight, 31, is the cold CEO of Knight Holdings who must marry for 30 days to inherit his grandfather's 50 billion naira estate, or his greedy uncle will take everything.They meet when Zara spills iced coffee on Adrian's expensive shirt during a cake delivery. He tastes her cake and offers her a deal: to be his contract wife for 30 days, live in his VI penthouse, and get 20 million naira. Rules: No kissing, no touching, no feelings. Divorce on Day 31.Zara signs to save her home. She moves in and turns his empty, black-and-white penthouse upside down with flour, loud music, and 2 AM noodles His 82-year-old grandmother loves her instantly. Adrian, who never smiles since his ex Chloe cheated on him, starts falling for her.When Chloe returns and his uncle exposes the contract, Adrian pushes Zara away to protect her, saying it was all fake. Heartbroken, Zara leaves and refuses his money.On Day 30, Adrian kneels in Yaba market with no contract, only a real ring, and begs for 30 real years. One year later, her bakery is big and she is his real wife. Happy ending. 60 chapters, daily updates.

Ava Collins and Noah Hayes have been best friends since they were six years old. They grew up side by side, sharing secrets, scars, and every version of themselves that no one else ever got to see. For years, their friendship was the safest place either of them knew.Then they ended up at the same university, and everything started to feel different.One night at a party changes it all. One locked door. One moment neither of them can take back. What begins as a single, desperate crossing of the line quickly becomes something neither of them knows how to stop. The same hands that used to pull Ava out of trouble now pull her under. The same mouth that used to make her laugh now ruins her for anyone else. And the boy who once promised that nothing would ever change between them is the same man who keeps showing up at her door like he can’t stay away.Ava is terrified of losing the only person who has ever truly known her. She keeps telling herself they can go back to the way things were that one night (and the nights that follow) don’t have to mean everything. But every time Noah touches her, the lie gets harder to believe.Noah is done pretending. He’s done watching her from across the room. He’s done acting like the years of wanting her never happened. He wants more than friendship, more than stolen moments, more than the careful distance they’ve always kept. And he’s willing to risk everything to get it.Some lines, once crossed, refuse to be redrawn.Some promises were never meant to last.And some best friends were never just friends at all.Always Been You is a steamy New Adult romance about childhood friends, forbidden desire, and the dangerous choice between keeping what you have… or risking it all for what you’ve always wanted.This version is much fuller and should satisfy the platform’s length requirement. Want me to make it even longer or adjust the tone?

Lucian Marchetti rules the docks of Port Aurelia with a single rule: never hesitate. But the one place he has never been able to rule is his own home.Widowed for four years and buried in work, the ruthless mafia don is never there when his two children need him. After the fifth housekeeper flees his mansion, he makes a cold decision: he will buy a wife. She must run his house, keep his children out of his way, and never ask for his heart.Sophie Hale, a struggling seamstress drowning in her late father's debt, signs the contract because she has no other choice. She expects a loveless marriage and a grand, cold house. She doesn't expect a mother-in-law with eyes like winter, a widow who smiles too sweetly, and a nine-year-old boy who flinches at his own father's touch.On her very first night, Sophie hears it: three soft taps from beneath the marble floor.Someone in this mansion is crying for help. And the man who owns it is the only one who hasn't noticed.A marriage of convenience. A house full of secrets. A stepmother who won't stay quiet.