He was fake, he was annoying, and overly polite. He was taking up too much of her time and the princess had other things to be doing yet she was stuck in her office listening to his proposal for a business partnership. Perhaps she needed to rethink how much credit she had been giving James in seeming to understand what she was and not looking for in people she worked with.
Lena needed to leave soon and the man didn't seem to get the hint when she glanced at her watch.
James who was sitting nervously in the one of the chairs further back taking notes and sitting in to make sure everything would be okay must've felt the shift in tension as he glanced up from what he was doing to watch what was going on.