Love Unspoken

Quinn's eyes lit up as he stared at the distant black ship. "Is that Maddox and the others?"

Alexander squinted, but it was too far to see clearly. He could only tell it was a ship.

Kyle heard the conversation and quickly ran over, exclaiming, "Does it feel like they're here? How dare they sail in this weather!" Quinn turned to look at him. "Are you sure that's Maddox?"

Kyle replied, "Isn't it coming in our direction? Who else could it be? Mrs. Kennedy, should we get ready to board?"

Quinn hesitated. "Let's wait until they disembark."

'Just because they arrived safely in this weather doesn't mean they can return safely right away,' Quinn thought.

It took almost forty minutes for the ship to get close, and Quinn's legs were weak by then.

Seeing people disembark, she immediately ran down the path to the beach.

As expected, it was Maddox and the others, with Sean among them. They were happy to see Quinn, and Maddox strode over to her. "Quinn!"

Quinn's face was filled with joy and worry. "Why did you come now? It could rain heavily at any moment."

Maddox replied, "No worries. We checked; it won't rain for the next eight hours, so we set off early. We made it safely. Did you bring Sprout and Brandy?" Quinn replied, "Yes, they're inside."

Maddox grinned. "I'll go see them! It's been so long; I wonder how Sprout has grown."

He quickly walked past Quinn towards the village.

Quinn smirked. Why did it feel like he was more interested in Sprout and Brandy than in her?

and said, "Mrs. Kennedy, he heard you brought Sprout and Brandy. If we hadn't held him

to see Sprout

the most." Sean rarely said something so considerate, but given Maddox's eager back, his words didn't seem very credible. "Forget it,

him curiously with big eyes,

him before, shook her head and said in her

down, and when he couldn't, he reached out

notice until Sprout had a firm grip on

tilted his head and glared at

seemed to get the tone

in pain, quickly calling Quinn to take

and saw Maddox trying to pry Sprout's hands off

"Sprout, do you believe I'll hit you?"Sprout mumbled

asked, "What's

you're a bad guy

dare do anything to Sprout. He

to pry Sprout's hands off with a bit of force, but their familial bond stopped him. Maddox, grimacing, glanced at Alexander. "Alexander! Get your son

Maddox now looked as annoyed

"He likes you and is playing with

off! Get him off, or I'll

knew Maddox had a bad temper and quickly put Brandy down to help. She patted Sprout's hand. "Sprout,

glared at Maddox, showing no

already troublesome enough, but he and Maddox were even worse. Sprout feared Alexander but not Maddox, so

pry Sprout's hands off Maddox's hair. Maddox,

this age.