Love Unspoken

Chapter 1564

Quinn stayed with the kids all night, and Alexander holed up in his study.

Next morning, Sprout woke up and found Quinn next to him. He started flailing his arms and legs, waking her up.

"Why are you up so early?" Quinn asked, rubbing her eyes as she saw Sprout tugging at her.

Sprout grinned, showing off his incomplete set of teeth, drool dripping down his chin.

Soon, Briar came in to call her for breakfast.

Quinn finally got up and took Sprout to the bathroom to wash up. Brandy had woken up even earlier. When Quinn carried Sprout downstairs, Brandy was sitting in the living room with Alexander, who was reading a fairy tale book. Alexander's deep, magnetic voice made the story sound pretty convincing.

"The squirrel said seriously, 'It's very deep! Yesterday, one of my friends fell into this river and drowned!""

"The little horse quickly stopped and didn't know what to do. He sighed and said, 'I better go home and ask Mom!""

"The little horse went back to ask his mom, so his mom took him to the river, kicked him into the water, and scolded, 'Are you an idiot? Why don't you try it yourself and find out?""

"It turned out the water was neither as shallow as the old cow said nor as deep as the squirrel claimed. Seeing the little horse bravely try, the squirrel jumped in too, but it drowned." Brandy tilted her head, looking confused.

Quinn smirked. 'What nonsense is Alexander talking about?' she thought.

Brandy asked, "Daddy, why did the squirrel jump in too?"

Alexander closed the storybook and nodded. "Good question. Why did the squirrel jump in? You'd have to ask the squirrel."

Brandy tilted her head, half-understanding, and thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

She turned and saw Quinn had arrived, then ran over to her and asked, "Mommy, why did the squirrel jump in?"

Quinn glanced at Alexander. "Because someone was talking nonsense."

She turned to look at Alexander, who rubbed his nose and pretended to read the book.

Brandy nodded seriously, her expression innocent and earnest, clearly taking Alexander's story to heart.

Quinn walked up to him. "How many stories have you told her behind my back?"

Alexander pondered. "I don't remember."

Quinn was momentarily at a loss for words. "She's so young. Can't you tell her something normal?"

"Like what?" Alexander asked.

and she couldn't think of any normal stories

chuckled. "Alright, let's

for a bit, then looked down at Brandy. "Don't listen to his

but asked again, "So, Mommy, why did the squirrel jump

said, dodging the

asked,

a bit. "Can you find out

down his chopsticks and reached out his hand. "Give me your

thinking, Quinn

with it for a bit and then

"What

the number

"We need to find it quickly. If Calvin leaves that

last night, and Quinn tried not to think about it. The priority now

family was no longer around, thanks to

direct culprits of the Mellon family's demise. Alexander didn't grow up with the Lynch family, so he

was no point in digging into these matters any further. Plus, it wasn't just the two of them now;

and Alexander had gone through a lot because of their elders' grudges.

to

far away. The place was

was just an island, resources and supplies were scarce, and no country wanted to risk annexing it. After all, it was in the ocean, and claiming the island would have meant asserting maritime territory, which neighboring countries would have

an isolated independent city on the sea, not even considered a country, known

pretty chaotic. Most of the residents had shady backgrounds, but a lot of wealthy folks had fled there and settled down, so the island developed fairly

decade. The rich folks had become the upper class and set up a complete legal system,

Alexander's plan. This was the

day with Abigail exploring the city. The prices here were insane. Even Abigail couldn't help but complain. A cup of instant noodles that cost five bucks back home sold for fifty bucks here. The cheapest thing was seafood; other fruits and

prices this high,

the sea. To get to the nearest land, you have to go through customs, and transportation is a pain. Since this island isn't officially recognized, you can't get flight or shipping routes approved, whether by air or sea. Except for seafood, most things are imported. Even if people resist, another wave of people will come, and the prices will

then realized that last night,

money ruled. Whoever had the most money was in charge, plain and

him and asked, "How long

horizon, his expression melancholic. "I

was that he was penniless and stranded. He was in a worse situation

"You can apply for a new identity here without any documents, just a million

Calvin smirked. "Impressive."

laughed. "That's why there are so many rich people here. But generally, there's no need for it unless you're an international

hand. He couldn't even come up with