Ten Seconds of Her Smile

There is a hole in Alex Sterling’s heart that wealth and fame cannot fill. As CEO of a global hospitality empire, he endures Lagos traffic with a restless ache. One evening, he spots a woman reading on a balcony and feels that emptiness lift. Day after day, Alex times his journey to catch her genuine smile. In the ten seconds she appears, he studies her changing gowns and warm laughter. Those fleeting moments become the highlight of his life. Meanwhile, schoolteacher Bella Edochie returns to a quiet apartment each evening. Her world is still and lonely, soothed only by novels and a friend’s phone calls. She never expects a stranger to burst into her routine. When Alex sees Bella in danger, he abandons caution and runs to her aid. In that instant, two isolated lives collide and everything changes.

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