So, the idea of dating as colleagues is something a lot of people shy away from because it could get awkward and messy when things go south. A lot of folks actually do avoid it. Ohh wellllll…. It’s how we both tried to ‘code’ it for so long, sneaking around, sharing hugs here and there, making sure our other colleagues didn’t see us, boyyyy was it hard and this was us thinking we were doing a good job of hiding it not knowing some of our colleagues already knew. I worked downstairs at the time and he worked upstairs, so he would sneak downstairs regularly, peeping his head out the entrance door just a little for me to see him because I sat opposite the entrance door. We went on with our sneaky games thinking we were doing a good job of hiding until I moved sitting positions in the office and had to go upstairs. Thennnnn, it became really hard to sneak around anymore, at some point we were both like, you know what, if we cast….we cast. And yes, that’s exactly what happened. Everyone knew us as the office couple who couldn’t let go of each other and the silly funny jokes started. We practically did everything together, from going to the office together, to leaving together, having lunch together, everything possible, we did together. We became so inseparable, so drawn to each other. It was his intentionality about my happiness and comfort and those reassuring hugs. My friends would always make jest and laugh at me, ‘Oyinkan the hard guy’ where’s all your hard guy now - in the mud 😂. I still consider myself a hard guy, just one that’s in love. The rest they say is history.