Some Things Were Never Meant for You

Marisa Moretti spent five years believing Damiano Rinaldi loved her. He looked after her when her father died and her cold mother stayed away. He promised to marry her. Then she wakes one morning to find he has arranged his engagement to another woman overnight — and expects Marisa to stay on as his hidden mistress. When she refuses and picks a stranger from her mother's match list, Damiano turns cruel. He blackmails her with intimate photos, throws away the wedding ring she secretly designed, and frames her for theft in front of Milan's old-money families. At her own engagement party he broadcasts private images of them, ruining her and collapsing her mother's weak heart. Only later does Marisa learn the source of his hatred: Damiano believes her mother drove his late mother to suicide — a "truth" he read in a journal. But Renzo Fontana, the reckless young racer who genuinely fell for her, digs up the real records. Damiano's mother had a hereditary delusional disorder; the affair never happened. The lie that ruined Marisa was built on nothing. With the journal exposed and the families forced to face the truth, Marisa chooses to leave Milan — and to give a real chance to the one man who fought for her when everyone else threw her away.

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  • Author: ao3_refugee
  • Chapters: 10
  • Status: Ongoing

Marisa Moretti spent five years believing Damiano Rinaldi loved her. He looked after her when her father died and her cold mother stayed away. He promised to marry her. Then she wakes one morning to find he has arranged his engagement to another woman overnight — and expects Marisa to stay on as his hidden mistress. When she refuses and picks a stranger from her mother's match list, Damiano turns cruel. He blackmails her with intimate photos, throws away the wedding ring she secretly designed, and frames her for theft in front of Milan's old-money families. At her own engagement party he broadcasts private images of them, ruining her and collapsing her mother's weak heart. Only later does Marisa learn the source of his hatred: Damiano believes her mother drove his late mother to suicide — a "truth" he read in a journal. But Renzo Fontana, the reckless young racer who genuinely fell for her, digs up the real records. Damiano's mother had a hereditary delusional disorder; the affair never happened. The lie that ruined Marisa was built on nothing. With the journal exposed and the families forced to face the truth, Marisa chooses to leave Milan — and to give a real chance to the one man who fought for her when everyone else threw her away.