Love Unspoken

The rain was falling outside, but under the streetlights, it appeared as white flurries.

Quinn slowly widened her eyes, pressing against the glass to gaze outside, watching the delicate rain under the streetlight, resembling... snow. It was snowing in Amber Bay.

She stared out of the car window, the streetlights reflecting in her eyes, the swirling snowflakes dancing in her gaze, which flickered unpredictably.

In Quinn's memories, Amber Bay had only seen snow three times before, the first when she was seven years old.

In her slumber, a pair of cold hands slipped under the blankets, lifting her up and carrying her to the window to see the snow.

It was a cold morning, with heavy snowflakes dancing outside, and she turned to see the bright eyes of a young boy.

The second time was at fifteen, after school in the afternoon, hearing classmates cheer about the snow.

Peering out the window, she witnessed an unforgettable scene a boy in a white shirt under a tree waving at her as the snow and leaves fell around him.

It was the most stunning image of her entire youth.

And now, the third time was upon her.

a deep impression on Quinn, but this time, she felt

even felt

disrupting the airborne snowflakes. When

was a vast expanse of falling snow intermingled with raindrops. The rain touched Quinn's face, a sensation far from the anticipated cold. Alexander opened the car door, bending in to release her seatbelt without

identical to those of the person she knew. However, the icy aloofness in his

his shoulder, her view filled with the falling and melting snowflakes on the

you might be missing out on the

hands still bound, she dared not

Alexander kicked open the bedroom door and placed

the man warily, instinctively

tossing it on the bed, then knelt on the bed, leaning

her collar, he pulled

gaze from a higher vantage point, his ink-like eyes

am I?" His voice was

not

hearing his