So that IS his conclusion, there was no ambiguity or anything else there to misconstrue. Folding her hands onto her lap, she takes a small breath before speaking again, looking at him straight in the eye for what it may do to convey her own take.

"He's upset you lied to him. It may have been a lie through omission, but from the conversation we had, that's his most grievous gripe with what he's discovered about you."

A brief pause.

"He may have fussed over you after the Regent's banquet because he was worried. About you." The emphasis is mild, but it's there. "Do you believe his concern to harbor ulterior motives?"