Love Unspoken

Brandy held her juice and mumbled, "Happy birthday, Sprout." Sprout didn't get it and just kept munching on his baby food.

Quinn sighed, "Forget it, Sprout doesn't understand. Let's just enjoy the meal." She raised her glass and clinked it with Alexander's. "Happy birthday, Sprout." Alexander smiled. "Yeah, Sprout's pretty happy."

Quinn took a sip. She wasn't much of a drinker and didn't really like wine, but she took a small sip for the occasion.

Even though it was just the four of them, the birthday felt great, and Quinn was really happy.

It was Sprout's first birthday, and Alexander was there. She hoped they could celebrate every birthday together as a family in the future.

Since Sprout couldn't eat cake, Quinn helped him out and shared some with Brandy.

Alexander grabbed the camera and asked Brandy to take some pictures, calling it a birthday keepsake.

Quinn didn't mind. She hugged Brandy and Sprout and smiled at the camera.

After dinner, they moved to the sofa and took a few family photos.

Alexander put his arm around Quinn's shoulder. He used to hate taking photos, but now he loved it and always initiated it. He smiled at the camera. Brandy captured the family of four, freezing the moment in a photo.

Quinn turned to look at Alexander and smiled.

Alexander said, "Alright, today's birthday celebration is a wrap. Let's hit the sack."

Quinn nodded and took Sprout and Brandy upstairs.

Early the next morning, Quinn was jolted awake by a phone call. She groggily reached for the phone and answered it.

"Hello," she mumbled, still half-asleep.

"Quinn, it's me. Something's up at our house," Abigail's voice came through.

her phone to make sure she wasn't dreaming. It was

Quinn

with them, and they were looking for me too. Oliver told them I wasn't home,

don't know

nothing good would come from getting

it was because she had gotten too close to Landon,

comfort her, "Don't panic. We don't know what it is yet. Calm down and wait for Oliver to come back and

and didn't know who to talk to. Alright, that's it. I'm hanging up," Abigail said quickly. She had called Quinn for some comfort, but it didn't

and sat up. "What's

just called me. Do you have any way to find out why

ask around," Alexander said, picking up his phone and

sleeping, so she got up, went

want to interrupt, so she just watched him,

by the window, talking quietly. Quinn couldn't catch what he was saying. After a bit, he hung up and walked over to her. "Something did happen, but it shouldn't be a big deal," he said. "What happened?"

up

Abigail hadn't mentioned any

it because of

but not entirely," Alexander said, sitting down next to her. "The guy who

"What?" Quinn exclaimed.

why he wanted to get back at Landon. He claimed that Landon and the Vanderbilt family had

investigating this?"

"Yeah," Alexander confirmed.

"If they have evidence, why not just sue? Why make

isn't enough. They want to make a big fuss to draw more attention when it can't

wedding had the same idea, but he failed and was secretly dealt with by Landon, which led to the later

it is. You said

how Landon handles it," Alexander