Author POV,

When James started leaving his house, he again put his hand in his pocket to see and check if the evidence had not fallen somewhere....

And he felt that newspaper in his pocket and like this, he went on to the outside....Emma even came to drop him at the door......

When James turned to Emma while leaving, she was looking at him as if she did not want to take him away....

And seeing those innocent eyes of Emma, James started melting, but at this point in his mind the only fear was to erase that evidence as soon as possible....That's why he had to leave Emma's house...