Love Unspoken

Chapter 1185

Quinn stared intently at him.

Alexander got up, leaf in hand, and plopped down next to her.

Quinn, still waiting for him to do something with the leaf, asked, "You ready?"

"Ready for what?" he asked.

Quinn's brow furrowed. "Aren't you gonna blow the leaf or something?"

Alexander looked confused and asked, "When did I say I was gonna blow the leaf?"

"So, what are you gonna do?" Quinn asked, getting impatient.

"Check this out," Alexander said, holding the leaf up.

She squinted at it under the firelight. The scratches on the leaf had tiny gaps that the firelight filled, making a picture.

"What is this supposed to be?" she asked.

"It's you," Alexander said. "Pretty cool, right?"

kid's doodle from kindergarten-hair, a face, eyes, and a mouth, all super abstract. After a long pause, she turned to him stiffly. "This

it count?" he

twenty minutes waiting for this, especially since it was

tossed the leaf back at him.

grabbed her wrist

lost her balance and fell back into

arm, a smirk on his face. "Don't be mad. I was just messing with

it up. Quinn looked at it and

one wasn't a joke. It really looked like her, a profile view. The firelight

at Alexander, her

he

away. "I don't

"Really?" he asked.

said,

his pocket. "Guess I'll keep it for

glanced back at

about keeping it, and Quinn felt too

"Maybe I should carve a picture of myself

know. When a woman says no, she means

"I really

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