I Can't Fall In Love (English Edition) #913526

Five years had passed since Andrea and Beatrice had last seen each other in person, and if it hadn't been for that incomplete message she had sent him by mistake, they probably wouldn't have met again.

The two young people had met when they were still children, during their summer holidays on the beach at Follonica.

A sincere and innocent friendship was immediately born between them, which grew stronger every summer, until, as teenagers, they realized that that friendship had turned into a tender infatuation, especially on Andrea's part.
But their beautiful friendship did not continue, due to the break-off of the engagement between Beatrice's mother and her partner, who no longer allowed her to return to Follonica.

Although Beatrice and Andrea both lived in Milan, they never had the chance to meet; During the year Andrea he used to study in Switzerland, in the summer he spent his holidays in Follonica. Then, once he graduated from high school, he moved to New York to continue his studies. A distance that is difficult to bridge.

Then, even their phone calls, which were frequent at first, became increasingly rare over time, until they stopped altogether.

Therefore, that delicate feeling that had united them as teenagers seemed destined to remain only a beautiful memory.

At the age of 19 and having put aside her crush on Andrea,, unlike her peers, Beatrice still didn't have a boyfriend. and was not interested in having one. She preferred to avoid “sentimental complications” so as not to be conditioned by the expectations and decisions of others.

She had goals to achieve before she could fall in love: first of all her studies, then her career and, last but not least, her independence.

Beatrice knew the pain her mother had suffered for always putting love first. She didn't want to make the same mistake.

But in love there are no rules, it is practically impossible to choose when and with whom to fall in love, because love is an instinctive feeling that arises when you least expect it, that absorbs you body and soul, that makes you do stupid things even, and you cannot love or not love on command to avoid them.

Despite her stubbornness, Beatrice's intentions are shattered when, after receiving that message, Andrea asks to see her again.

It takes little to awaken in the boy the strong feeling he had felt years before for his young friend; at the same time, Giorgio, Beatrice's lifelong friend, also declares to her that he feels something that goes far beyond mere friendship.

However, she is not ready to start a romantic relationship, neither with Andrea nor with Giorgio, for whom she nevertheless feels a deep affection.

In order not to disappoint either of them and not to make any decisions about their statements, she is convinced that she will be able to manage the friendship of both of them Without emotional involvement, but it is only an illusion and the “sentimental complications” she so badly wanted to avoid, will come crashing down on her without her realising it.

With love also comes jealousy, which will make her make bad decisions.

And it is from that moment that things really start to get complicated...