He was a billionaire playboy hiding behind a smokescreen. She was the only woman who refused to look.To the outside world, Jamie Coker is Lagos's most eligible bachelor—a Casanova whose parties are legendary, whose women are endless, and whose heart is untouchable. But the smokescreen hides a man desperate to be seen. Raised by maids while his parents built an empire, Jamie learned early that performance is easier than vulnerability. When his sharp-tongued new housekeeper, Meena, refuses to fall for his charm, he becomes obsessed with the one woman who looks at him like he's nothing.She built walls to protect herself. He's determined to tear them down.Meena Adeola has spent her life watching men with silver spoons take what they want and leave destruction in their wake. Her mother, broken by a wealthy man who abandoned her, taught Meena that love is a trap. Now, with a business degree she can't use and a mother whose medical bills are drowning her, Meena takes a housekeeping job to survive. She wants nothing to do with her devastatingly handsome employer—until one drunken night changes everything.A contract marriage. An unexpected pregnancy. A love neither of them wanted.When Meena discovers she's pregnant, Jamie insists on marriage. No child of his will be born out of wedlock. The terms are cold and clinical: eighteen months of marriage, then Meena walks away—leaving the baby behind—with enough money to start her business and care for her mother forever.But what happens when the Casanova falls first? When the ice queen begins to melt? When the man who had everything discovers the only thing he wants is the one woman who signed a contract to leave?From enemies to lovers to something neither of them can deny.Set against the vibrant, luxurious backdrop of Lagos, Nigeria, The Collision is a toe-curling, slow-burn romance that will make you laugh, cry, and believe in second chances.
