True, but I do not believe that romance would hinder our ability to work. There are many nobles who govern alongside their spouses, after all.

[ There is a part of him that wishes for nothing more than to reach out and take Hubert’s hand again. To guide his fingers back through his hair, that he might at last close this troublesome gap between them, but such a thing has just as much of a chance of scaring Hubert away as it does the opposite. What a conundrum to be in. ]

Besides, now that it is here, out in the open, I imagine it will be even harder to ignore. More of a distraction, rather than less.