Love Unspoken

Chapter 1197

When Alex was a kid, he had this game he loved. Every time he played, he'd swipe the rubber band from her hair and put it back when he was done. But man, his hair-tying skills sucked back then. He'd take it off, and her hair would be all neat, but when he put it back, it was always a hot mess. Twice, it even happened on the way to school, and she got laughed at by the other kids for having messy hair in class. While Quinn was still zoning out, Alex had already picked up the bird from the grass and gutted it right in front of her. Quinn snapped out of it and saw that the bird's feathers were plucked clean. She couldn't even tell what kind of bird it was. "What kind of bird is this?" she blurted out.

"No clue, as long as it's got meat." He quickly cleaned the bird, skewered it with a stick, and placed it over the fire to roast.

He then pulled out a small can of salt from his pocket and sprinkled it on the bird.

Quinn had a flash of doubt in her mind. She looked at Alex's pocket weirdly. It was pretty big. Having a rubber band was one thing, but salt too? "What else you got in your pocket?" she asked.

"A lot. Wanna feel around?" Alex teased.

Quinn instinctively shut her mouth. No matter how curious she was, she was too embarrassed to dig into his pocket.

After roasting for a bit, Alex tore open the meat to check and found it was almost done. He handed the bird to Quinn and said, "Eat."

"What about you?" she asked.

"If you're full, I'm full," he said.

about to tell him not to be stubborn when he added, "After

had the urge to throw whatever she was holding at his

in half, and handed it to him, whether he wanted it or not. Alex said, "Looks like you still

The meat was super

she realized that the chicken legs she used

forced herself to finish half of the

hadn't eaten his half and handed

pushed it back, saying, "I don't want it.

or just worried about me and want me to

at

so bad that half of it was enough to fill her up.

lying, Alex put a piece in his mouth and then

"Really bad," he remarked.

her mouth and looked at

the half bird on a

hungry?" Quinn

hadn't eaten anything either, and he had fought with those coyotes and was seriously injured. Yet, he