In His Arms

Ugo, a swimming instructor, breaks his leg in a keke accident and begs his friend Jamal to cover his private client. Jamal agrees, though his own heart is still raw from a breakup he claims to have moved past. The client is Harriet, the same woman who left him without explanation. She is now engaged to Oscar, a wealthy, controlling man who keeps her under constant watch and forces her to wear a revealing dress for their upcoming poolside party. Jamal's friend has been urging him to win Harriet back, but Jamal insisted he was done with her. Seeing her again brings everything back. Harriet apologizes, confessing she ended things to protect him—Oscar threatened to kill her brother Harry over a drug debt, and the engagement was the price of his safety. Jamal is torn, still in love but unwilling to cross a line while she belongs to another man. When she begs him to run away with her, he refuses, saying it would not be right. During the lessons, old feelings surface despite Jamal's caution. In His Arms, Harriet lets herself hope again, but Oscar's violence escalates. He strikes her, forces her to swim until she nearly drowns, and then discovers Jamal is the son of Madam B, a powerful politician and his own business associate. Furious, Oscar attacks Jamal, but Madam B steps in, rescuing her son and reporting Oscar to the NDLEA for drug trafficking. Oscar tries to flee with Harriet, but the authorities corner him and arrest him, finally pulling her from his grip. Oscar's arrest frees Harriet, but the damage runs deep. Her brother Harry confesses that his drug debt was the root of their suffering and promises to enter rehab. Jamal and Harriet reconcile, deciding to marry. Their peace is interrupted by a lighthearted argument when Madam B demands a grand political wedding, while the couple wants a small ceremony. The family embraces, laughing off the disagreement, ready to move forward without Oscar looking over their shoulders.