Seconde chance

She is 30 years old, a freshly recruited marketing director in a fast-growing company, after several years spent abroad to develop her career. Her arrival coincides with an internal reorganization — and the discovery, on her first day, that her new partner on the year's flagship project is none other than Julien Marchetti, her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had a three-year relationship at the end of her twenties, before a painful breakup and five years of total silence. Julien has been working at this company for four years, promoted internally to the position of product manager. Their breakup at the time happened over a misunderstanding that was never really cleared up: she had accepted a professional opportunity abroad without really discussing it with him, convinced he would never follow her; Julien, hurt at not having been consulted, took it as proof that she didn't consider him a true partner in her life choices, and broke up before she even left, refusing any discussion. Five years later, neither of them has truly gotten over that hasty breakup, nor the regrets that followed. Being forced to collaborate closely, day after day, on a high-stakes project rekindles everything: the memories, the unresolved unspoken words, but also a professional and personal chemistry that never really disappeared. Since their breakup, she has built a solid professional shell, refusing to let herself be destabilized by feelings again; Julien, for his part, has matured, understanding in hindsight his share of responsibility in that failure, but has never had the chance to tell her.

Updated September 23, 2026