"I need sweets."
The words, of course, came out of her mouth. She wasn't thinking, of course, about how that might make her look or appear to Lyov's family. Why would she think something like that when all she wanted was sweets, anyway?
So she just.
Thought it. And it spilled out of her. Because that was how it always went, really. And.
There was no stopping it at the end of the day.
She'd just obsess over the sweets if she didn't say it. She was self aware enough to know this much.
But still. As soon as she actually did say it, she blinked.
Then her cheeks flushed.
It sounded. More petulant and bratty than she meant.
"Er." She looked up, eyes darting around to her husbands, who had all paused.
They all stared at her, a range of expressions from bemusement to exasperated amusement on their faces. Lyov's family, of course, didn't look pleased by her behavior.
Which was...