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The Boy From Berlin

by JackHunter07

He left Nigeria as a boy. Berlin made him something else. Tolu has always been the golden child—the obedient son, the scholarship winner, the one who made his mother proud. But inside, he's hollow. His father's death left him hungry for something he can't name. Control. Power. Meaning. When his aunt places a leather-bound journal in his hands on the night before his departure, she gives him more than notes on psychology and leverage. She gives him a key to who he could become. Berlin is a city of second chances. It's also a city of shadows, secrets, and women who see through performances. Lena, the intellectual who uses her mind as a shield. Sophie, the rebel who fights structure even as she craves it. Clara, the wealthy heiress who dismisses him at first glance. Vanessa, the corporate player who plays his own game better than he does. As Tolu navigates academic pressure, public risk, and a rival who threatens to destroy everything he's building, he discovers that power isn't taken