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?

he heard you brought Sprout and Brandy. If we hadn't held him back, he

came just to see

course, he wants to see you the most." Sean rarely said something so considerate, but given Maddox's eager back, his words didn't seem very credible. "Forget it, let's go back." Quinn didn't

the house, Maddox was already holding the two children, one in each arm. Sprout stared at him curiously with big eyes, while Brandy looked timid and a bit scared. Maddox nodded in satisfaction. "Not

never seen him before, shook her head and

get down, and when he couldn't, he reached out to grab Maddox's

until Sprout had

tilted his head and glared at Sprout.

seemed to get the tone and grabbed

out in pain, quickly calling Quinn to

and saw Maddox trying to

"Sprout, do you believe I'll hit you?"Sprout mumbled something, and it didn't sound

"What's he

bad guy and

didn't dare do anything to Sprout. He

their familial bond stopped him. Maddox, grimacing, glanced at Alexander. "Alexander! Get your son off

Maddox now looked

unmoved. "He likes you

torn off! Get him off, or I'll hit him!"

to help. She patted Sprout's hand. "Sprout,

glared at Maddox,

enough, but

to pry Sprout's hands off Maddox's

so arrogant at this age. What will he be like when he