mercifulsoul
"In court, every case has evidence. Every verdict has a reason.
But what if the hardest case you'll ever face... is your own heart?"
Attorney Venice Valentina Romero is one of Europe's most respected international commercial lawyers. Brilliant, composed, and feared inside the courtroom, she built a life thousands of miles away from the country that once broke her.
Five years ago, she walked away from the man she thought she would spend forever with.
Laurence Agustos.
The medical student who became her home.
The man who taught her that love could exist even between impossible dreams.
And the same man who destroyed everything with just two words-
"Not enough."
Determined to leave the past behind, Venice disappears after passing the Philippine Bar Exam, starting over in Italy where she rebuilds her life from the ground up. She earns every title, every victory, and every ounce of respect through sacrifice, until the world knows her simply as Attorney Venice Valentina F. Romero.
She thought she'd finally moved on.
She was wrong.
Because some people never truly leave your heart...
no matter how many oceans separate you.
When fate brings them face to face again in Europe, Venice discovers that success cannot erase first love, and time cannot always heal the deepest wounds.
But what she doesn't know is that Laurence has spent the last five years carrying a truth that could change everything she thought she knew.
In the courtroom, the law demands evidence.
In love...
the truth sometimes comes too late.
The Case Against Loving You is a slow-burn, second-chance romance about love, sacrifice, heartbreak, and the painful reality that sometimes the greatest act of love is letting someone hate you-so they can still have the future they deserve.