The little encounter she had with Ivar or should she say with his witting gaze; Alaina didn't feel like staying in the gardens anymore. It was like she was spending her entire day just running from one place to the other all to hide from him.
Like hiding from him here would solve all of her impending problems. At the end of the day she has to go back to him, for now at least. Until she figures something out to get rid of him.
However, after she has seen him having all smiley, chatty walk with Mandy Perez, she felt a little less stressed about him being too mad at her.
It's really a theory; if he stays occupied with her, there's less chance of him thinking about Alaina and hence, won't be so mad at her at the end of the day.
Well, that is Alaina's theory, she didn't know how much reliable it can be So to be on the safe side she still tried her best to avoid him as best as she could.