[ His own smile turns a little more subdued. ]

I suspect you knew that my candle was lit only for one person, back then.

[ Thank the Maker that the same situation had had a happier and more generous resolution here and now. Then, more easily: ]

I hope you're content with the fact that you've lost your last chance to make up for lost time. No matter what, I demand to be the only poor man in your bed. You may take rich men, but I alone may be your poor lover.