The narrative revolves around Valentina, an aspiring actress from Italy, who is forced to leave her country due to her mother's financial troubles. In the United States, she meets Will, who offers to help her retrieve her mother's investment in a perfume business. They fake date to distract Will's ex-girlfriend, Mia, and in the process, Valentina starts to develop feelings for Will. However, Mia's jealousy and Will's past actions lead to a breakup. Eventually, Valentina receives the investment money and returns to Italy with her mother, where they start their own perfume business. Meanwhile, Will, who has been struggling with his feelings for Valentina, decides to leave the country.
1. The narrator's mother was a popular Italian actress.
2. The narrator was used to the paparazzi from a young age.
3. The narrator loved being in the spotlight and always wanted to be an actress like her mother.
4. The narrator's mother lost some film contracts to younger actresses.
5. The narrator's mother started getting plastic surgeries to look younger.
6. The narrator's mother ended up looking strange due to her plastic surgeries.
7. The narrator's mother started spending a lot of money on expensive gifts for her boyfriends.
8. The narrator's mother and she ended up with no work and exhausted all their savings.
9. The narrator's mother had invested in a perfume business in the US a few years back, which became successful.
10. The narrator's mother refused to give her a share of the investment.
11. The narrator went to the US to get her share of the investment.
12. The narrator's mother's friend offered to help her get her money back.
13. The narrator's mother's friend suggested that she fake date her son to get her money back.
14. The narrator agreed to the deal and started fake dating her mother's friend's son.
15. The narrator moved to a new school in a foreign country.
16. The narrator was bullied at school by a boy and his blonde girlfriend.
17. The narrator intervened when the boy bullied her mother's friend's son.
18. The narrator and her mother's friend's son started fake dating.
19. The narrator's mother's friend's son started to like her and they kept fake dating for a few weeks.
20. The narrator's mother's friend's son asked her to go out with him for real.
21. The narrator's mother's friend's son kissed her at a party.
22. The narrator's mother's friend's son broke up with her and started dating her mother's friend's daughter.
23. The narrator's mother's friend's son gave her a check for 20 million bucks.
24. The narrator and her mother started their own perfume business with that money.
25. The narrator started getting acting offers once things settled down.
26. The narrator saw Will at a movie set and they reconciled.