I took Karen to Luigini’s, the best restaurant in town. We ate slowly and enjoyed a bottle of white wine. She seemed so young. I decided there and then that I was going to seduce her but do it slowly.
She was a little shy at first but as her cheeks became flushed with the alchohol she opened up. We ended up talking about Paris. She told me how she had always wanted to go there.
“I have a conference in Paris next month,” I told her. “If you come on board I could see if I could arrange for you to come with me. You could act as my assistant and if the conference gets too boring you could always slip away and see the sights.” She was eager so we agreed to wait and see if she passed her interview (which I knew she would) but if she did I would set it up.
When we got back to the office I called Sam my ex-CIA employee. “I’ve got a special task for you,” I told him, “I want you to hire me an apartment in Paris and wire it for sound and video…” He understood what I wanted.
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