The Cost of That Night

<p><strong>One desperate decision. A night that was never meant to be remembered. And two hearts that can't seem to forget.</strong></p><p>Gloria needs one thing - time. Time to save her mother time to pay for the next hospital bill time to keep her world from falling apart. But time in Lagos costs money she doesn't have. So when she meets Vincent a man whose name opens doors she's never been allowed to walk through she makes a choice she swore she never would.</p><p>One night. No strings. No names. Just survival.</p><p>But life doesn't keep promises that simple. For Gloria that night was supposed to be the end of something-a sacrifice made to save her dying mother boundaries written on paper to protect what little dignity remained. She blocked his number. Walked away without looking back. Tried to forget the man who paid for what she had to sell.</p><p>But Vincent kept her note. Honored every rule. Saw worth where she expected shame.</p><p>Then he offered her a job. And suddenly the man she tried to erase became her boss her colleague the person who believed her without proof when enemies tried to destroy her. The person who made her want things she swore she'd never risk wanting.</p><p>Now Gloria has a choice: keep running from what they started or stay and discover whether two people who met through survival can build something based on choice. Whether transactions can transform into trust. Whether the worst beginning can become the best love story.</p><p>If only they can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly between them: some nights cost everything but sometimes they're worth the price.</p>