Love Unspoken

Quinn eyed him skeptically. "So, you know Landon pretty well, huh?"

Alexander shrugged. "We've been butting heads forever. He never beat me, but yeah, I know a bit about him."

Quinn wasn't buying it, but she didn't really know Landon either.

Alexander went on, "Ever since he came back to Amber Bay, it's like he's got a death wish."

"Why's that?" Quinn asked.

"Maybe he's been single too long and got bored," Alexander said with a smirk.

Quinn frowned. "Can you be serious? This is important."

"I am serious. Why don't you believe me?" Alexander said, still grinning.

Quinn rolled her eyes. "Being single too long? That's a dumb reason."

"You don't get it," Alexander said, shaking his head.

Quinn snapped back, "Fine! You know everything."

Alexander chuckled, pulled her close, and said, "Calm down. I mean, when someone's been single forever, falling in love can be terrifying." "How terrifying?" Quinn asked, despite herself.

"He'll regret his past. The more mistakes he's made, the harder it is to turn back. He can't face his feelings, gets stuck, tortures himself, and eventually goes nuts, doing even worse things until he destroys himself just to find some relief," Alexander explained.

Quinn felt a chill run through her.

Alexander didn't mention one thing: when Landon came to him and admitted defeat, it was the final straw.

With his last reason to keep going gone, Landon, despite the immense pressure, sought Alexander's help to find those people.

said hesitantly, "But I didn't see that Landon cared that much

even you could see it, wouldn't that

you mean?" Quinn got a little angry, pushed Alexander away, stood up, and said, "I'm not

scrolled to

she couldn't see it, Abigail might not see

the truth, would Abigail accept Landon's

know anything now and didn't have high hopes for Landon. So, even if Landon ended up in jail or with some other fate, Abigail would

would she regret not expressing her feelings? Would she be

head in frustration, torn between telling Abigail the truth and staying silent. She even put herself in Abigail's shoes, wondering what she would

in other

stunned. She turned around

it. You know that just the incident on the cruise ship years ago is enough to ruin Landon, let

dropped weakly. "Yeah, he can't turn back. What he did

Landon wasn't in jail, and they feared retaliation, they kept quiet all

if they testified falsely. They've lived peacefully all these years,

kick him while he's down, ensuring he never has a chance for

could get him the death penalty. The

nerves on edge. When Oliver finally walked in, she rushed over. "Oliver, are you okay?

washing over her.

got killed at Landon's place? Abigail, I had no idea

grabbed his hand. "It was an accident. I didn't know it was his house.

sighed, clearly frustrated. He opened his mouth to say more

sorted it out. From now on..." Oliver

rarely saw him so hesitant and had no

word,

of Alvin's study and could barely make out the conversation inside.

reliable? Won't he turn

won't," Oliver assured

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