1988 (#7) - Lynne's crush and Paul's infatuation with decorator Cassandra

Following her not-so-happy idea to publish nude photos of Paul, as it is easy to imagine, Amy is fired by Lauren and soon decides to leave town. However, when Amy returns for a short stay in the city, she does not fail to stop by and say goodbye to her old friend Paul. He is surprised to see the girl again, who after listening to his unfortunate experience with Lauren herself predicts that the man will soon find a new love, wondering if his new secretary, Lynne Bassett, might be the right woman for him. After all, Lynne soon becomes a fundamental friend and confidant of Paul's, but he does not realize that the girl inside him has feelings for him without having the courage to express them. Paul, on the other hand, has been very burned by the end of his relationship with Lauren and feels he still has to wait for the right moment to fall in love with a woman again. Paul, moreover, has no intention of going back to the past, rejecting the approach of an always sensual Lauren who, after receiving Brad's kiss off, does not fail to tempt him, vainly, several times. However, Paul's life changes radically when he meets the charming and attractive Cassandra Hall at an art exhibition, an interior decorator who cannot get out of his mind. Paul, therefore, does everything to see the woman, even taking an interest in an interior design course held by Cassandra herself, to whom he asks to remake his office. After a few months spent together, an uncontrollable passion arises between the two when Paul, with the excuse of asking the woman for help to renovate his apartment, they end up making love. Lauren does her best to attract Paul's attention, but he now has only eyes for Cassandra, with whom he admits he has fallen in love. So it's not long before Paul decides to propose to Cassandra to become his wife, which obviously leaves both Carl and especially Mary, worried that her son is moving too fast.