Her chest felt an overwhelming sensation of suffocation, making it impossible for her to breathe.
The sheer terror of being submerged, her ears, nose, and throat filled with water, caused Arabella Vanderbilt to abruptly open her eyes.
Unbeknownst to her, she had fallen asleep in the bathtub, her body had slid down, and the hot water had just passed the tip of her nose.
She suddenly sat up in the tub, breaking the surface with a splash, causing a considerable disturbance and splashing water everywhere.
Clinging tightly to the edge of the tub, she gasped for air with slight desperation.
Feeling that the water in the tub wasn't very cold, she knew she hadn't been asleep for too long.
However, thinking of the scene just now, Arabella eventually stood up out of the tub, stood under the shower to rinse off briefly, and then picked up a white bathrobe that was likely prepared in advance by the servants and draped it over herself.
