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She was biting her lip, looking thoroughly confused It was kind of adorable seeing Polly off-kilter

‘I spent the last two years here in Paris,’ he said, walking over to theand looking out at the spectacular view

It was like seeing the city for the first ti, full of possibilities

‘I know, you orking at Desmoulins’

‘I had an aparted to work, worked, ate out, met friends, worked out All in Paris’

He took a step out onto the balcony and breathed in the city air Car fu smells, the river It had always choked him before but today it elcome Felt fresher somehow

Polly stood in the roo around her in awe ‘It’s even ht it would be It must have been hard to leave’

Gabe shrugged ‘Not really It was just a place A place to climb up the ladder a little further It didn’t mean more to me than New York or San Francisco’

‘Oh’

‘I was hoping that if I came back to Paris with you, if I walked the streets with you, then that e

‘I was hoping it would becoical’

The words hung there Anxiously Gabe scanned her face but he couldn’t read her expression

‘I don’t understand,’ she said finally ‘Is this a test? If I don’t feel the pea through twentyfor? Is that what you mean?’

‘Non’ She hadn’t understood His heart speeded up; he could feel it thuo and like a coward, like a fool, I went’

He gri it for you But I don’t think it can be for the best I don’t think anyone can feel the way I feel about you, love you the way I love you, and not be with you’

He’d said it Surely the sun should burn a little brighter, the birds sing louder Soement somewhere that he had finally cracked open his shell

‘I don’t understand’ She turned to hie and clouded with an e?’