Nigerian award-winning celebrity fashion designer, Ruth Erikan James better known as Veekee James has opened up about the bitter experience she had with her ex-boyfriend before she found her true love.
In an Instagram Live session, with Pastor Bolaji Idowu, the Senior Pastor of the Harvesters International Christian Centre (HICC), Veekee James recounted going through hell in her past relationship. She recounted how she did everything withing her means to see him succeed. Out of love, she opened a unisex salon and rented an apartment for him.
Veekee James revealed that she took a night bus with her ex-boyfriend’s mother to Lagos to buy supplies, then returned to Akwa Ibom to set up a shop for him, using her own money as startup capital. Despite discovering messages showing he was arranging a visit with his ex, she forgave him and continued with the business, even refusing a share of the profits from the unisex store she opened for him in Uyo.
She said,
“Because of love, I entered a night bus to Lagos with his mother to shop for materials, then went back to Akwa Ibom to set up a shop for him. I wanted him to have a business, I put down the capital, and the worst part was that when I checked his phone, he was already planning with his ex-girlfriend to visit him as I was leaving.
“He lied to me and apologized that they were just playing along and joking. I forgave him and still came to Lagos by bus. I came back and opened the store. I opened the unisex store for him in Uyo and I refused to take certain percentage from the profit,” she narrated partly.
Few years down the line, Veekee James tied the knot with her better half, Femi Atere in a star studded wedding on 4th November 2024.
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