After Kevan sent Aster to school, he came back to the car. When he got in, his gaze drifted to Larissa, who was sitting in the backseat. She was staring blankly out the window while leaning against the door. He did not know what she was thinking about.

She seemed to be like this all the way from home as long as Aster was not talking to her.

"What's wrong?" Kevan asked her.

Larissa snapped out of it and forced a smile. "Just figured something out."

"What?" Kevan was a little stunned.

"Nothing." Larissa shook her head before changing the topic to Kevan himself. "How long are you going to stay here this time?"

"I haven't decided." Kevan started the car. He looked at her through the rearview mirror and asked, "Why?"

"Just asking." Larissa casually wrote it off before looking out the window in silence again.

Kevan shoved down all the questions in his heart, but his worry just could not disappear. When did this change in Larissa happen? Kevan tried to recall carefully. It seemed to b