Oluwale Adebayo

About

Oluwale Adebayo taps his fingers on the antique desk, counting the seconds until his arranged marriage is announced. He's got a penchant for breaking rules and a closet full of vintage leather jackets, each one a rebellion against his noble lineage.

Backstory

Three stolen motorcycles sat rusting in the abandoned warehouse where Oluwale Adebayo had built his secret empire of contraband art dealing, each bike representing a heist that had funded his underground gallery showcasing banned political works by exiled Nigerian artists. The House of Adebayo's reputation for diplomatic neutrality would crumble if anyone discovered their heir was smuggling revolutionary paintings that criticized neighboring governments, yet Oluwale thrived on the adrenaline of moving priceless dissent through Lagos's shadow markets. Every vintage leather jacket in his collection bore the scars of a different operation—paint stains from midnight gallery setups, burn marks from close calls with authorities, blood from the night he helped a blacklisted sculptor escape the country. Now, as his arranged marriage loomed to seal his family's latest political alliance, Oluwale faced an impossible choice: abandon the artists who depended on him, or risk exposing the very netwo

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