Parting ways.

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“I think it’s best we part ways here,” he said, and she couldn’t help but feel afraid he had caught onto what she had done. “I’ll send for a guard to escort you to my rooms. Wait for my return there, but it might get late.”
Ninae tried her hardest not to visibly breathe a sigh of relief, then looked into his icy blue eyes to try to read the situation. Had she fooled him successfully, or was something brewing beneath the surface?
“Locking me up as well, eh?” she said, smiling faintly, hoping he would mimic her, but no smile appeared on his face. His mind seemed distant.