“Better get used to it,” Melinda smiled and turned just enough so she could kiss him. “I own a shop, I always work hard, and I don’t mind it, it’s just…” without those extra hands, she couldn’t do the tasks that required longer focus – like decorating bespoke cakes – because there was always customers coming into the shop, which… well, she didn’t mind that either. “It’s not knowing how long this’ll be that makes it hard, but I’m sure someone’ll come around soon enough.”
Gently brushing the fingers of her free hand back and forth on his muscular thigh, she looked at him with concern. Sure, Viktor’s problems with focusing on the practice was like her lack of focus in the shop, so she could relate, but that Tsveta and Misha were wanting attention like that? Viktor was an attentive father, she knew that, and she had seen how he was there for him and how they never seemed to lack his attention. “They having a hard time adjusting after the summer break?”