“I love you, too, Kam. Now, tell me more about this frustration of yours.”

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The Aim High board of directors met on Monday, and much to Marlene’s disappointment (Kamila assumed), they voted to retain Emerald for all their finance needs. Kamila came very close to saying no, and not taking the client—she didn’t much like the idea of continuing to work with Anil. But Jana convinced her otherwise. If Jana accepted the job at Aim High, then she would be Kamila’s contact person, not the sperm donor (as Jana had taken to calling Anil). Plus, Rohan was on that board. Not that Kamila needed excuses to see him anymore, but still. She liked the idea of him sort of being a client of hers.

And about seeing Rohan, it turned out getting a new boyfriend at the same time as putting in an offer to purchase a company wasn’t ideal for finding the time to actually see that boyfriend. The fact that the boyfriend was the one she was buying the company from, all while he was purchasing shares of his company from her father, only exacerbated their free-time scarcity. Kamila was in meetings with clients all week, both hers and her father’s, and in the evenings she and Dad worked on getting Emerald’s business valuation sorted and putting together the paperwork for her offer to purchase. Rohan was working long hours ironing out the legal details for both sales. Although they had several business conversations during the week, they still kept their nightly video chats before sleeping. Playful, loving, teasing. Just like it had always been with Rohan. Kamila had her best friend back.

Most of their friends and family were thrilled about the upgrade to Kamila and Rohan’s relationship. Shelina seemed to think this meant her sons were finally getting cousins—and double cousins at that. Kamila didn’t have the heart to tell her sister that she didn’t really want kids. Dad didn’t believe Kamila at first when she told him she and Rohan were seeing each other, but then he surprisingly gave his blessing. He said he’d worry less about Kamila while he was in Florida if he knew Rohan was there to take care of her. Kamila rolled her eyes at that—she didn’t need to be taken care of. But yes. She dreaded Dad leaving less now that she knew Rohan would be around even more.

She’d decided to officially shift Bollywood night from weekly to monthly, since she’d be busy running her own business, and she no longer needed to use it as an excuse to see Rohan each week. On Friday morning, they got word that Potato was ready to be released from the shelter, so Kamila decided enough was enough. Dad was spending the weekend with Shelina and the boys, so it was time to see her boyfriend’s home for the first time.