My Poor Husband Owns The City

by Seye Kushimo

Temilade Afolayan has spent her whole life surrounded by wealth, privilege, and expectations. As the daughter of Chief Bamidele Afolayan, one of Lagos’s rising business tycoons, her future seems already decided: work in the family empire, marry the right man, and preserve the Afolayan name. Then she meets Eghosa Omoregie. Quiet, hardworking, and usually dressed in dusty overalls, Eghosa is a mechanic who seems completely unimpressed by Temi’s surname, social status, or family connections. For the first time, Temi feels seen for who she is rather than what she represents. When she chooses Eghosa over her wealthy former boyfriend, Folarin Balogun, her family is furious. Her father gives her an ultimatum: leave the mechanic or lose everything. Temi chooses love. Her father cuts her off. Her friends mock her. Lagos society whispers that the privileged Afolayan daughter has ruined her life for a man who fixes cars. But Eghosa is not poor. The garage where he works belongs to him. So does the building. And several others. Behind his quiet life lies Omoregie Strategic Holdings, a vast private empire with interests in commercial property, logistics, hospitality, investments, and banking. Even the financial institution helping keep Afolayan Group afloat is ultimately connected to him. Yet Eghosa’s hidden fortune is not his greatest secret. He is the son of the late Prince Osayande Omoregie, an Edo businessman from a respected family with ties to the Benin royal house. Decades earlier, Osayande built one of Lagos’s most powerful private business empires before a network of trusted associates began stripping away his assets through betrayal, manipulated deals, insider information, and financial pressure. Before his death, Osayande left behind files containing the names of men he believed were connected to what happened. One of those names was Afolayan. And Eghosa knew exactly who Temi’s father was before their relationship became serious. When Temi finally discovers the truth, the billionaire reveal is no longer the biggest shock. The real question is whether the man she gave up everything for ever loved her without an agenda. As old family secrets resurface, corporate alliances fracture, and powerful men begin fighting to bury the past, Temi and Eghosa’s marriage is pushed to breaking point. To save what they have, Eghosa must finally reveal everything. And Temi must decide whether love built on hidden truths can survive the whole truth. My Poor Husband Owns the City** is a sweeping Nigerian romance and family drama about hidden wealth, pride, betrayal, legacy, revenge, and the dangerous difference between loving someone and truly knowing them.