Arielle works for French immigration in Paris and has a reputation for a cold heart. She likes to entertain herself with the younger guys and never considers developing a relationship with a man. When she meets a wealthy and sexy middle-aged man who offers to give her everything, she finds the idea attractive but simply can’t commit.<br><br>On vacation in Spain, she meets a desperate young Moroccan whose work visa is about to expire. Against her better judgement, she gives him advice, then help. But when she returns to Paris, she finds she has set a chain of events in motion that quickly spirals out of control. The young man’s feelings of inadequacy lead to jealousy, gambling, and a chance meeting with a mystery man, completely changing the course of his life.<br>

I Love You Ten Million Times Over

Neither of us slept that night, the enormity of our undertaking completely taking over our thoughts, though we did hold onto each other tightly the whole night. This was our one chance for a happy life together.


We awoke early the next morning, skipping breakfast, just having a cup of the awful coffee the machine in the room made to steady our nerves before venturing out carrying all this money. The first thing I did was return my car, then we took a taxi to the dealership. Jean Claude was indeed already there.


“Don’t tell him everything right away,” I advised. “Just start a casual conversation, like maybe you’ve come to tell him you’re giving two weeks’ notice that you’re leaving your job to come with me, or something like that. We don’t know if he’s going to be willing to help us. He may tell us to take the bag back to the casino, which is what we would do if we had an ounce of common sense.”


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