As we know, her personal name is written in Kanji (文乃) and her stage name in Hiragana (あやの). Here, he thinks he can trick everyone—including himself—by using her stage persona to treat her merely as an actress. Yet, his true feelings are betrayed by the petal he holds close to his chest, a fragile source of warmth meant to heal his lonely, wounded heart.
This is the face of a man who is already caught in the net. Just a little bit more, and he would have said, 'For the good of the company?' in a questioning tone, because he doesn’t believe a word he’s saying