"William, is Miss. Carter your girlfriend?"
Aurora and William left the bar, and with countless questions swirling in her head, she finally settled on this one. After some thought, she figured that Joshua might have shown deference to William because of Miss. Carter. If Lila and William were just ordinary friends, Joshua wouldn't have acted in such a manner. The only plausible explanation was that William and Lila were closely acquainted.
William hesitated for a moment, then said, "To put it simply, she and I are distant relatives." Considering that Anthony Carter addresses William as Mr. William and Lila is Anthony Carter's granddaughter, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there's some kind of familial connection between her and William.
Aurora didn't know how to respond. She wasn't sure who to believe. But regardless, Joshua had backed down to William. Whatever the nature of the relationship between Lila and William, it didn't matter.
