"I–I'll... It's going well" he lied, forcing a smile.
Anton looked at him, brows raised and exhaled,
"25 years with you and I know when you're lying. What's going on?"
"N–Nothing..." he scoffed, eyes trailing towards the door as if trying to escape.
"Marriage issues?" Anton chuckled
"It's nothing, Man" he replied again, walking off.
I just need to sort everything out and it'll be nothing.
"If you say so... As long as there's no issue"
"You can also use other agents right?"
"Well, yeah. They're not just as big and popular as you are so meeting Ornand would draw suspicion"
What the need to think of suspicion when the Emperor already knows everything?
He looked around, scanning the place and brought his head closer to Anton's
"It doesn't bother you that the Emperor knows about us?"
Anton looked at him silently for a second and sighed,
"It does... But I know he doesn't go back on his words"
"That's some high level of trust"
