She smiled impishly. “And yet you love me anyway. It’s okay. I was pining, too. That’s why I haven’t had a hookup since Ernesto. You’re the reason I’ve been so sexually frustrated. Anyway, do you think sex will be weird between us? I mean, we’ve known each other, like, forever, and maybe we weren’t always tight, but…did you ever see the Friends episode where Rachel laughed every time Ross touched her butt?”

“Kam, I’ve touched your butt before. Just a few weeks ago, remember? I don’t recall you laughing.”

She remembered a lot about their spare-room shenanigans. She hadn’t been able to look at her tattoo without shivering since. But she didn’t remember any rear-end groping. She wrinkled her nose. “How is it you remember touching my butt but don’t remember who initiated that kiss? Is my butt that memorable?”

He snorted a laugh. “Actually, yes, it is. You know what, Kam? I’ve been pining, as you call it, over you for a year. I didn’t expect this would be the conversation we’d have on the day we finally come together.”

She waggled her brows. “Oh, believe me, Rohan, when we finally come together, there won’t be any conversation. I plan to leave you speechless. Also, tell me more about this pining…You’ve known me for twenty-seven years, and you’ve only pined for one year? Was there no pining the year you finished law school?” The moment she asked the question, she wished she could take it back. Bringing up the past didn’t fit this light-and-playful conversation.

“Kam, I—”

“No, never mind, Rohan. It was a long time ago. We can continue to pretend it didn’t happen.”

“No. You asked the question. We’re going to be honest with each other, remember? We should have talked about that day a long time ago. I didn’t have…these kinds of feelings for you back then. I thought you were sexy, and we had fun that summer, but I wasn’t looking for more. I didn’t think you were, either. I’m sorry if I misinterpreted you.”

She shook her head. “You didn’t misinterpret me. I mean, I had a small crush on you, but who didn’t? And let’s face it—I hooked up with a lot of people back then. It’s just after…” Could she tell him about the cascade effect that little kiss (and a butt grope that she did remember) had on her life? “You remember that my parents found us making out on the couch, right?”

“Yeah, of course. They never said anything to me about it, though.”