After Victoria instructed the two to come to a place, the two young men don't even have the right to oppose, well even if Charles was the crown prince, he valued the lady so much that he's willing to be dragged by her and only her. Knowing that his dark side was approaching, he couldn't harm the lady even more
He knew that his sarcasm earlier put the lady in a tight situation but he couldn't help it. He wanted her to realize something, besides, she's his fiancee that's why she could only be with him, her attention was supposed to be on him, but it was all ruined from the start
Realizing that the lady might love someone else besides him, his dark side acted up to save himself from hurting. However, he doesn't realize until then that he was already putting the lady in question