She does look a bit sheepish at that, because it's true. She hadn't wanted to listen to him. "Oh -- yes. You tried to talk to me in the bath. But I was just so excited about everything. The Ball, the Count fawning over me. All the presents he'd gifted me with. The way he talked about it all made it all seem so magical -- how we'd rule over the night together.

I was finally getting the life that I wanted. I didn't want to listen to anyone who told me no anymore."