One chilly afternoon in 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland, I had come back from classes and was in my room on my laptop catching up with Nigerian news on blogs as was my custom everyday.Then I stumbled on an article on Bellanaija about this Hungary-based 20-something year old 'Doctorpreneur'; a medical school student who runs 4 businesses on the side!!! I remember reading the article and thinking 'she must be one smart girl'.

When I moved back to Lagos after my program in 2017, I stumbled on yet another article on this Doctor who I found out had been nominated for the 'The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year' award. Better still, she was now in Lagos and starting her cake business in my city! That's when it hit me that I could actually have a shot *wink*.

I sharply opened an Instagram account and started following her. On October 22, 2017 after summoning courage, I slid in her DMs and waited for a reply. 1 day, 2 days, 3 days..... 1 week, 1 month, 2 months.... no reply. Aah, o jami lara je.

Sometime in December 2017, she announced her Christmas cake menu so I ordered some cakes that was to be delivered on Christmas eve. There was a major fuel scarcity that period and just like I had guessed, she calls me on the morning of the 24th, a Sunday, to apologize profusely that although my cake was ready, there was no way to deliver it as the delivery bikes didn't have fuel. I offered to come pick up myself but she declined and offered to refund my money. I also declined and told her to hold on to the money because my dad's birthday was in about 2 weeks time (January 10) and I'd rather she deliver a birthday cake instead.

Not only was she apologetic, she also had my money. When I called her on Boxing day, she picked up and we had our first real conversation. We had our first date on New year's eve on Sunday 31st December 2017.......the rest is one for the books.