Nelly agrees to type Arnaud's memoirs, but he insists this will not be to repay the gift; he will pay her.

She refuses, telling him she doesn't want to change the character of their relationship, and Vincent immediately breaks up with her.

She continues working for Arnaud until his wife Lucie returns from Geneva for a few days after her partner dies suddenly.

Nelly comes to work one morning and finds Arnaud and Lucie with their bags packed, about to leave.

Arnaud tells Nelly that he and his wife have decided to take a long round-the-world trip that they always had dreamed of, and see their son in Seattle.