The statement lingers in the air between them. Natasha glances at Suhani, unsure of whether she’s just said something too offensive. A couple of seconds pass. Natasha has a gleam in her eyes. Her gaze locks with Suhani’s. They instantly break into a fit of laughter. Suhani feels some of her stress pour out of her in a way that’s only possible when she’s around her sister.

“Guess who I saw at work today?” Suhani says with a tone that reminds her of Mom excited to share gossip. She tells Natasha everything, ending with how she stormed out of Roshan’s office.

“Whoa. Holy shit,” Natasha says after Suhani’s done. She launches into the questions that can only be asked with Zack not at home. “How did he look? Did you feel anything, even anything small, toward him? Are you going to talk to him again?”

“I don’t plan to.” Suhani takes a large sip of wine and pictures the lines around Roshan’s eyes, the way his broad shoulders and palpable confidence flooded her with memories.

“Does Zack know about everything that happened with him?”

“What do you mean by ‘everything’?” Suhani’s stomach tightens. Natasha knows more than anyone else, but even she doesn’t know everything.

“Like how serious you guys were? How intense it got? That that was the most formative relationship you were in before Zack? I mean, that guy got to you in a way I’d never seen before.”

Suhani shakes her head as she thinks of the waves of rage and relief that only Roshan could send her on. “I don’t think Zack wants any of those details.”

“I think he would,” Natasha says. “Wouldn’t you if he had someone like that in his past who now works close to him?”

“I guess I would and wouldn’t. Of course I checked out all of his exes when we first started dating. They were all white,” Suhani says. “But I don’t know if I needed every single detail of his relationships.”

“I’d want to know,” Natasha says, confirming that she and Suhani have such different approaches to their pasts. Natasha doesn’t believe in keeping anything to herself, even if it could spare someone’s feelings or stop her from getting into trouble.

“I did remember how intense things always were with Roshan. I knew it would all be easier with Zack. No guessing or mind games or any of that crap. All the really hard parts with him, especially at the beginning, were about everyone else. Our parents not taking us seriously. Everyone judging us.”

Natasha squints at her, a look of skepticism on her face. “Do you feel like you miss the drama? Or wish Zack was more passionate?”

“No, of course not,” Suhani says, resenting herself for implying that there is anything wrong with Zack. “It’s just that . . . no, never mind.”

“What?” Natasha pushes.