His intimate tone and conversation showed their close relationship. Joyce somehow felt that the temperature around her had dropped suddenly so that her face was almost frozen when the car window rolled down. "When... when did you come back?" Her eyes darted back and forth between Carl and Kevin, looking restless. Only then did Kevin notice that there was another person in the car. He recognized it was Carl Williams, but pretended not to know him. "Who is this?" he asked. "Well, he's just a friend of mine," Joyce explained awkwardly. Carl glanced at her, opened the door, and got out of the car. He went straight to Kevin and stretched out his hand. "Hi, I'm Carl Williams." The smile on his face couldn't conceal his imposing aura and his searching look at Kevin. Kevin realized that Ca

