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Chapter Twenty-Four

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“So, how long are we going to be in Paris for?” Rachel asked, practically bouncing in her seat.

“A week at most,” I replied. “Anything more than that, and I’ll be paying out of my pocket.”

We were sitting in a secluded booth at an Italian restaurant, having the most amazing pasta I’d tasted in years. The bottle of champagne we’d opened to celebrate my promotion was almost entirely empty now, and I was already thinking about ordering another one. Joanna wasn’t coming to the office tomorrow, so I also wasn’t obligated to come in. I could just kick up my feet on the couch and watch reruns of The Office all day long.

“Well, I don’t know about you,” Rachel said, “but I plan on staying an extra week. There’s no way I’m going to Paris and leaving in just one week. It’s not enough.”

“I’m definitely not going to wait for you,” I said. “Unlike you, I don’t have flexible working hours.”

“You know you could afford to retire early, right?” she said, twirling her pasta around her fork. “I mean I’v
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