Maria made it to her room without anyone stopping her and she breathed a sigh of relief as she tried to calm her racing heart.
Alexandria was not back in Maria's bedroom yet, and it was probably because she had not been expecting the princess to return for a while from dinner and drinks.
After all, Maria did rush away from dinner earlier than she typically would, but she was so embarrassed that she couldn't stand to stay there for a second longer under all of the men's scrutinizing gazes.
She had gone from having never been on a date or been kissed, to her parents finding her wrapped around a man in the hallway in just under a week.
Not only that, but Julien was the fourth man she had kissed in as many days.
'My gods,' Maria thought to herself.
She felt like she needed some air, but was too nervous that she would run into someone if she chanced walking to the gardens, so she settled with opening the doors to her balcony.
