Love Unspoken

Chapter 1204

When Quinn got back, Alexander was already up, sitting by the fire and staring hard at the cave entrance. "Where'd you go?" he asked.

Quinn glanced at the perilla in her arms and plopped down in front of him. "Feelin' any better?"

"Still kickin'," he said, his eyes roaming over her bare shoulders, checking her out from top to bottom.

Quinn caught his look and grabbed a coat from him to cover up, blocking his view.

Alexander chuckled. "You think I can do anything to you in this state?"

Quinn paused for a sec, ignored his comment, and started crushing the perilla to slap it on his wound.

He was still a bit feverish, and after she applied the stuff, sweat beaded on his forehead.

Quinn said, "You need to rest up. We'll talk when you're better."

Alexander suddenly hugged her. "You goin' out to hunt to feed me?"

Quinn was a bit taken aback. She could barely hunt; she was more likely to end up as some wild animal's dinner. "I'll figure something out. Just let go of me first," she said.

"I'm cold," Alexander said, tightening his grip.

Quinn tried to take off the coat she was wearing, but he stopped her. "Don't take it off, or I'll get turned on."

"Things are so messed up right now, and you can still get turned on?" Quinn said, feeling a bit speechless.

"If you keep your clothes on, I won't get turned on," Alexander remarked.

In the end, Quinn didn't take it off. She was afraid that before Alexander did anything, she wouldn't be able to handle it herself, especially since the medicine's effects hadn't worn off yet. After a while, she pushed Alexander away, stood up, and said, "I'll go collect some firewood. Rest up."

She walked out of the cave and started gathering firewood nearby to avoid running out like the previous night. She piled several stacks at the cave entrance.

Meanwhile, Walter had been in the village for two whole days without making any moves.

Sean had gone out and returned to find him still sitting at the entrance, sipping tea like he had all the time in the world. Sean couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Didn't you say you were gonna find Alistair? Why are you still sittin' here?"

Walter glanced at him and smiled faintly. "What's the rush? Alexander ain't coming out anytime soon. Why are you all so antsy?"

Sean sneered. Of course, he was anxious. He wanted to find Alistair ASAP, partly to stop him from escaping and partly 'cause he feared Alexander might not wanna come out after staying in the forest too long. "It's none of your business. If you're not gonna find him, then don't stay here," Sean said irritably.

"In that case, I won't stay here," Walter said slowly.

Then he patted the wrinkles on his pants, stood up leisurely, walked past Sean, and got into his car without looking back.

Sean stared blankly at the car. Did he really leave?

The others exchanged puzzled looks, not quite getting what Walter was up to.

After a moment, Sean realized what was happening and quickly ran to his car. "Follow him."

The car drove on the bumpy road, followed by several other cars. Walter turned his head slightly and looked through the rearview mirror.

He chuckled.

Sean kept following him, from the dirt road to the paved road, and then along the paved road for a long time.

As they approached the bustling area, Sean got a message on his phone.

He opened it and saw it was from an unknown number: [You bringing so many people 'cause you're afraid Alistair won't notice you?]

Sean was stunned and instinctively looked at the car in front of him.

He had been bringing a lot of people these days, but they never managed to catch Alistair, partly because of this reason. However, if he didn't bring enough people, he was worried they wouldn't be able to handle Alistair and his crew.

So it was a bit of a dilemma. Bringing people could easily alert Alistair, but not bringing enough people could mean they couldn't win a fight.

He thought for a while and finally decided to send everyone back. But before he could give the order, another message from Walter arrived.

Walter: [Have them split up and act separately. Don't stay together.]

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After a short walk, the fire in her hand fizzled out, leaving just some glowing embers. It was still tough to see, but hey, better than pitch black.

She crouched down, using the faint light to scrounge up some dry branches. While gathering firewood, she accidentally brushed against a few bugs, which totally freaked her out. She patted her chest, taking deep breaths. Even though she was scared, she kept searching for firewood under the trees. There wasn't much else around, but there were plenty of dry branches. She quickly bundled them up and hurried back. Once inside the cave, she felt a bit more at ease.

She let out a long breath, dropped the firewood on the ground, and noticed a few centipedes and some other creepy crawlies in the pile. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed a stone and smashed the centipedes that crawled out, then tossed the other bugs straight into the fire. While burning them, she kept glancing over, worried her noise would wake Alexander.

But honestly, she wasn't being quiet, and Alexander didn't wake up.

Usually, he'd wake up at the slightest noise, but now he was out cold.

Quinn hesitated for a sec, then carefully walked over to him, squatting down and reaching out a finger to check his breath. He was still alive.

She let out a sigh of relief, but before she could pull her hand back, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.

Looking up, she saw Alexander still had his eyes closed, just holding her hand.

A force pulled her wrist, and she fell into his arms, where he held her tight.

"Cold, let me hold you for a while," he croaked.

Quinn stayed still, pressing against his chest and listening to his steady heartbeat.

The fire beside them crackled, and she could smell the bugs burning.

The fire was about to die out again, so Quinn had to break free and toss in more firewood.

She glanced back at Alexander, his brows furrowed, and his forehead still sweaty.

Quinn walked back, reached out to touch his forehead, and found it still burning hot.

But he said he was cold.

She gritted her teeth and took off her clothes to cover him. She still had a dress underneath, though it was pretty torn up.

Since there was no one else around, she took off one sleeve and tied the torn dress into a few knots, barely covering her chest.

The firewood she had collected burned out, and it started to get light outside, making it barely possible to see.

Quinn grabbed a dagger and headed out again.

Finding food was a no-go; she was on the hunt for herbs. Besides mugwort, she didn't recognize much else. She pulled up a lot of mugwort and found a cluster of perilla on her way back. Quinn was kinda excited; perilla seemed useful and maybe better than mugwort.

She dropped the mugwort and ran over, cutting a big bunch of perilla with her dagger. She even thought about taking the whole cluster back.

But as she pulled aside the vines, a black-and-white snake coiled in the grass, making her face go pale. She dropped the vines and stumbled back.

She tripped over something and fell to the ground.

She watched the snake slither out of the grass, her limbs weak. The perilla she had picked fell, and she didn't dare move, instinctively gripping the dagger.

Quinn was ready for a life-and-death showdown with the snake, but to her surprise, the snake ignored her and slithered away.

She let out a sigh of relief, trembling as she got up from the ground. She then picked up the fallen perilla and, not daring to take more, hurried back with what she had.

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By the flickering firelight, Quinn finally noticed how pale Alexander looked-way paler than he had been earlier.

Alexander grabbed her hand and pulled it away from his forehead. "I'm good. Just gotta sweat it out."

His voice was weak, and even his coughs sounded feeble.

Quinn squatted down to check his wound.

In this weather, it probably wasn't a cold; more likely, his wound was infected and causing a fever. If that was the case, they were in deep trouble.

She untied the cloth strips on his body. The wound on his arm looked the same, but there was a swollen area on his back, the deepest part of the wound, showing signs of pus. "Your wound's infected," Quinn said, worried, glancing at him. "What do we do? Got any disinfectant in your pocket?"

Alexander shook his head, a bit amused. "Nope, you really think I carry everything in my pockets, huh?"

"So, what now?" Quinn asked.

"I won't die," he said, looking at her again. "Are you worried about me, or worried you won't get out?"

Quinn opened her mouth, ready to say the latter, but when she saw the serious look in his deep eyes, she held back.

Unlike his usual teasing, this time he was dead serious.

So she swallowed her words.

Alexander stared at her for a long time, and when he didn't get an answer, he looked away and tossed some firewood into the fire.

"Don't worry. I won't die that easily. Even if I do, I'll make sure you get out first," he said calmly.

Quinn's eyes flickered. She lowered her head and was silent for a moment before suddenly getting up and heading out.

Before she could leave, Alexander grabbed her wrist. "Where you going?"

"I'm going to get some water to boil. You got salt, right? We can use saltwater to clean your wound." She added, "I'll be right outside, not going far." It was late, and she didn't dare go far.

Alexander let go of her.

Quinn went outside, dug some soil near the spring, and made a makeshift pot. There were a few banana leaves in the cave, almost dry but still usable. After cleaning them, she lined the pot with the leaves, filled it with spring water, and brought it back to boil over the fire.

She tore a piece of the bedsheet, washed it in the water, and then poured the remaining half bottle of salt into the boiling water.

"You used it all up. What are we gonna eat?" Alexander asked.

"Who cares about eating when your life's on the line?" Quinn soaked the cloth in the water for two minutes, then took it out to clean his wound. He seemed really weak now, sitting quietly without his usual teasing.

Quinn cleaned his wound over and over until the water was completely cool, then she put down the cloth.

She asked Alexander, "Feeling any better?"

Alexander smirked. "It's not that quick."

Quinn pressed her lips together and draped the remaining piece of the bedsheet over him. "Then rest for a while. I'll tend the fire."

Alexander leaned against the cave wall, watching her with lowered eyes.

"And you say you don't care about me," he said.

threw more wood into the fire, not wanting to

at Alexander, who

it because of the fever

should make him feel

get nervous as soon as she stepped out. But the fire was almost out. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, grabbed a match, and

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up, touched her face, and sighed in relief when she realized

and noticed Alexander was nowhere to be seen. She was lying

confusion, she started looking for

few minutes later, she spotted him coming from a distance, and she felt relieved

was lugging some banana

into the clearing, dropped his haul, and said,

at the stuff on the ground. "Aren't we

the way and found the direction of

found the cave, Quinn felt a bit more at ease. Being in the cave was better than being out in the

one. They had cooked a lot of wild veggies yesterday, but they weren't filling at all. He handed Quinn a

quick cleanup, they packed

they trekked through the forest, they ran into a bunch of unfamiliar

walked quite a distance without realizing it. When the forest darkened, Quinn finally saw the familiar cave, which

on the ground, exhausted. After two days away, the cave was

again. Alexander lit a fire inside the cave. Quinn looked at the sky outside, unsure of how long they had

help but ask Alexander, "Can we really get out of

paused in adding firewood, turned to look at Quinn, and said, "After we get out, will

are

another question. After we get out, can I see you

Quinn fell silent.

made her seem ungrateful, she couldn't bring herself

get out,"

"What do you

arms as if giving up. "Since you don't plan to see me after we get out, why should I

silent again. She had indeed seen how dangerous it

bit her lip, thought for a moment, but still

she was also

tiring day, she leaned against the

coughing. Quinn opened her eyes and saw

alert and sat up straight. "What's

casually, adding a lot of branches to the fire. The blazing fire lit up the cave, and even from a distance, Quinn could feel the heat.

you have a fever?" she

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stuck around like an insistent piece of gum, utterly shameless. "What kind of fortune

payouts! The people in our village work hard and earn their living honestly,

the family had picked

her biological family. Before that, they

towards Shawn's family were hardly positive. They openly scolded them for their

million dollars. It's nothing close to a huge sum. That's not

implication was clear-he would extort even more if

didn't quite hear what he said. "What did you

"N-Nothing."

to reveal his plans. After all, he had already made a deal with Kayla. Once he got rid of Felicia, the wealth of the Fuller family would naturally fall to her. Being her brother meant he'd have access to all of

chuckled to himself, envisioning a time when these villagers who looked down on

the village were unwilling to deal with such

grandson and instructed, "Lucas, go find Felicia. Tell her Shawn is back in the village and making a scene. She should be careful. That brat probably has something up his

"Got it!"

a little boy, quickly abandoned his toy car and sprinted toward Macey's

old, dilapidated house in Alverton that had long been abandoned. Since Felicia had cut ties with them due to her traumatic childhood

been living with

still-warm hearth. These were left over from breakfast, and Macey had tossed them in, knowing

heat, but once peeled, they released steam

often got to eat sweet potatoes, he still felt hungry when he saw them in the hands

to him. "Here, this is for you. Be

down. After taking a few bites, he remembered his grandfather's instructions and reported,

did

full, "Grandpa also said that brat hasn't figured out what

help but

had already lost a couple of fingers. He was likely

started to wonder why

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thinking another outsider had arrived. However, when the car door swung open and a flamboyant figure stepped out, the onlookers exchanged

theft and mischief. He was caught harassing young ladies and married women by the river multiple times, often leading to confrontations.

Naturally, the villagers

they were quick

of the villagers, whom he looked down upon as mere ants. But the villagers didn't

a word, the villager scoffed. "Make sure to take good care of that rented car. Otherwise, you might not

flushed

the car

dollars from the Fuller family, he bought a sports car, but

en

"You group of frogs in a well, you dare to look down

he had grabbed, who was actually Cody, shot him a cold glance and retorted, "What status? What's the status of a debtor with missing fingers?

villagers observed with keen interest as Shawn's hand was wrapped in thick

by this remark, Shawn's face twisted with rage.

responded

mind, that was the only possibility. His expression darkened further as he spat out, "That little brat thinks she's untouchable, but

no time before slapping Shawn across the

from the slap, his eyes glinting with malice. Just as he was about to retaliate, other villagers rushed in to pull

village chief, looked furious. His expression was a mix of anger and

ready to explode, but

I.ne

village lay fields abundant

numerous construction projects underway, depicting a scene of vibrant prosperity. Shawn stood

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red, and she dug her nails deep into her palms as she suppressed the almost frenzied and twisted emotions threatening to erupt. She managed

here; it was impossible for her to be sent away now. For this reason, Kayla would have

not refuse. He examined her foot and found nothing wrong with it, yet Kayla insisted that

face was pale and pitiful. It made it hard for Arnold to turn

"Get on my back. I'll carry

the best, Arnie!" Kayla beamed, her joy evident as she jumped onto his back. She wrapped her arms

numerous gazes, Arnold carried Kayla

know them, but the students participating in the training program couldn't help but make a few teasing remarks about their apparent intimacy. Kayla giggled, occasionally

with. However, with all the other families' houses already full and Kayla stubbornly refusing to be separated from him, he had

there was only one empty room

you rest well," Arnold said after the college doctor checked Kayla's foot and confirmed it wasn't serious. Feeling relieved,

en

with this place, and I'm scared..." Arnold had

Kayla wouldn't let it go, presenting a pitiful facade as her shoulders

her like this made Arnold's heart soften, but he still insisted, "You get some rest. I'll be in the living room.

fell from Kayla's eyes, giving way to a burgeoning anger that threatened to explode! "Felicia!" she hissed through gritted teeth, her sense of crisis

Felicia, the thorn in her

"Why haven't you arrived yet? It's been two days! Have you gotten everything prepared? Don't you

were driving.

felt

the money she had invested was considerable. As long as Shawn's actions bore

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morning chaos came to an end, and Felicia didn't bother to find out who would

snapped back to reality from the shock of the night before. Clinging tightly to Arnold's waist, she looked up at him with teary eyes and said, "Arnie, I

"This slope isn't high; it's not as dangerous as you think." However, the words were

Felicia scolded him that

late to say such

let go, he would disappear. Her pitiful appearance made it difficult

who had heard about the incident rushed over

pretty quickly, didn't she? She must have rushed over in

had been practically absent from college for a long time and wasn't on the list for this training program. She had only gotten wind of the situation because her good friend,

help but smirk. Although she felt some resentment toward Kayla after yesterday's events, her hatred

Felicia's life miserable was welcome in her

duck you had, getting into a car accident. Thankfully,

clearly hear it. He shot her a glance, but Olivia merely scoffed and turned away,

finally regained her senses after initially feeling scared. She began to pick up on the indifference on Arnold's

and it was clear that something had happened over the past few days. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so distant and lost in

unease, she followed Arnold's gaze and was taken aback to find that

haven't been paying attention to me these past few days. You even hung up on me yesterday. Do you know

she spoke, Arnold seemed to tune her out

managed a pained smile and asked, "Arnie, who are you thinking about? Is

He immediately denied it, his voice

While Kayla initially wanted to laugh, the smile slowly

woman, even if he verbally claimed not to like her,

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approached Ruben, she asked, "Ruben,

one of the Fuller family's dedicated drivers. He was always on standby and had years of driving experience, so it was unusual for such an

Ruben replied, "Ms. Felicia, good morning. Yesterday, Ms. Kayla urged me to drive her to Alverton. I wasn't familiar with the road and mistakenly followed the wrong route according to the navigation. Ms. Kayla got angry, and then..." His

had also taken out her frustration on him

their perspective inside the vehicle, it felt like they were hanging over a precipice, so they didn't dare to move.

hadn't been for Kayla distracting him, the accident wouldn't have happened

She declared that he wasn't fit to be a driver for the Fuller family and that she would make sure he

would

he tightened his grip on

pushed him too far, he had evidence to hold

Felicia didn't pry further.

felt relieved

to leave but

She walked

to Arnold and saw

up to

he was

crying. He comforted

had

separation. Unable to hold back,

his

even more impatient. Her tone was cold as she stated, "You

felt a bit awkward and gently tugged at Felicia's

could she

Felicia stood her ground.

another city. Any daughter would be upset if she found out her father had been treated this

wasn't like she was asking for a piece of Arnold's flesh. An apology was absolutely reasonable,

Regardless of the circumstances, these