Ophelia went back to the waiting carriage without bothering to wake the guard who was seated and dozing off; instead, she opened the door by herself, got inside the carriage, and shut the door.
"Is something wrong, Your Highness?" Observing the princess' tedium, Katherine questioned.
"We'll just choose the first dress we see." Ophelia uttered a low groan before knocking against the carriage wall, waking the sleeping guard.
The horses neighed loudly, and the carriage soon began to move, leaving Ophelia alone in her thoughts, recalling what had happened in the garden.
She found it bothersome that Nikolai was like calm water before a tsunami. His intimidating eye contact, unnatural smile, and aggressive tone of voice all gave off a sense of threat. She was having trouble breathing because of him, and she wanted to strangle him.