Love Unspoken

Luke's face twisted in disgust as he covered his nose and took a step back. "Go handle it."

"Alright," Quinn said, making a quick exit with Sprout in her arms. Instead of heading back to the house, she wandered around the villa. If Luke asked later, she could just say she got lost. After about ten minutes of aimless wandering, she finally made her way back to the courtyard where they were staying.

As she walked down a path, she suddenly bumped into Alexander coming from the opposite direction. She froze for a moment.

Gathering her courage, she walked up to him. "Headed to the dining room?"

Alexander stared at her blankly. "What are you doing here?"

"I was going back to change the baby's diaper, but I got lost. Don't worry about me. Go ahead to the dining room," Quinn said, then hurried past him with Sprout.

Alexander glanced back at her, furrowed his brows, stood there for a moment, and then looked away.

Quinn jogged back to the room, found a diaper to change, and then prepared a bottle of formula, feeding Sprout methodically.

Dinner had already started, but since not everyone had arrived, only one table was set.

Luke sat there alone, with an empty seat next to him.

Zeke, sitting at the head of the table, glanced at the empty seat beside Luke and asked, "Who's missing?"

Everyone turned to look at Luke.

Someone said, "It's Luke's girlfriend."

Aron looked surprised and turned to Luke. "When did you get a girlfriend?"

Luke smiled and said, "A few days ago. I haven't had a chance to tell you."

Zeke asked, "Then why isn't she here yet?"

Luke replied, "She had something to do and went back to the room. She might have gotten lost. No need to wait for her. Let's start." Someone chimed in, "How can that be? Luke brought his girlfriend back. We should wait for her. It would be too rude not to."

Another person said, "Isn't it rude of her to make us all wait? Who is she anyway?"

Luke glanced at Alexander diagonally across from him and said slowly, "She's nobody special. Her name is Quinn, just an ordinary girl." Luke watched for Alexander's reaction, but there was none.

Without Quinn's cooperation, this tactic had no effect.

Luke kept smiling, but inside he had cursed Quinn a hundred times. Zeke's expression changed slightly, and he glanced at Alexander out of the corner of his eye. Those who didn't know continued to speak, "How dare she make us wait?"

Luke said, "I've already said, no need to wait."

Zeke said, "Alright, let's not wait then. Let's eat."

Luke looked at the empty seat next to him, his face turning even more sour. How dare Quinn stand him up.

The meal was very frustrating for Luke.

After feeding Sprout, Quinn stayed in the room for another twenty minutes before heading to the main hall with the baby.

She wandered around the villa again and really got lost.

She didn't know where she had ended up. It looked like a backyard with a pond and some rock formations.

As she was looking for a way out, Luke called to inquire.

"Quinn, are you messing with me on purpose?" Luke said angrily.

"Sorry, I'm lost. I don't know how to get back. Can you come get me?" Quinn said, looking apologetic.

"Are you really lost, or are you pretending?" Luke questioned.

Quinn's voice took on a tearful tone. "I'm really lost. There's no one here. It's scary. Please come get me!"

Luke's forehead veins were about to pop. "Where are you?"

"I don't know. There's a pond and a bunch of rocks. It's super creepy. What is this place?" Quinn asked, sounding flustered.

It was creepy. Other places had lights, but this spot was pitch dark.

"Why did you go to the memorial hall?" Luke asked.

Quinn was taken aback. "This is the memorial hall?!"

"Stay put and don't move," Luke ordered, then hung up and made a beeline for the memorial hall.

Quinn looked around. She didn't see any memorial hall. Maybe it was the building in front? She must have ended up behind it.

After a few minutes, Luke finally showed up, looking furious.

Quinn instinctively took a step back. "What's wrong? I just got lost. I didn't skip dinner on purpose. I'm hungry too."

Luke glared at her, almost gritting his teeth. "You better be."

With that, he turned and walked away, and Quinn quickly followed.

Luke was in a foul mood, radiating a terrifying aura. He thought he had everything planned perfectly, but he ended up looking like a fool.

He led Quinn back to the guest room, suddenly stopped, and turned to look at her.

"This time, I'll let it slide. If it happens again, be ready to face the consequences," Luke said fiercely.

Quinn shrank her neck and whispered, "Got it, sorry."

Luke snorted and left.

All that friendliness before was just an act. Such a small thing made Luke show his true colors.

Quinn put away her expression, took Sprout back to the room, locked the door, took out her phone, and opened the tracker map.

She could see the red dot still in the parking lot outside the old house.

By standing Luke up and making him look bad in front of everyone, Luke would definitely be suspicious and check the bug.

So she messaged Kyle, asking him to bring Sean and follow Luke.

Luke left very late, not until midnight. Quinn had been waiting until now to see the red dot move.

Quinn finally sighed in relief. It looked like Luke was about to leave. If he wasn't up to something shady, he wouldn't be leaving so late.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Kyle and Sean could also see the tracker and drove to follow.

With the tracker, they didn't need to follow too closely, or they might be discovered.

Quinn was on the phone with Kyle, asking, "Where is Luke going?"

"No idea, but it's getting more remote. I think he's definitely going to check the bug," Kyle replied.

Quinn thought for a moment, then immediately put Sprout in the stroller and pushed him to Alexander's room.

She knocked on the door. Although no one answered, the light was on inside, so she knew Alexander was in there.

"Alexander, come out!" Quinn shouted urgently and knocked harder.

Alexander finally opened the door. Before he could speak, Quinn pushed Sprout inside. "I found it. Get someone to take care of Sprout and come with me." Alexander frowned. "What are you doing?"

Quinn grabbed his arm and showed him her phone. "This."

Alexander glanced at it, his expression changed, and he looked sharply at her.

Quinn nodded. She was afraid Kyle and Sean would mess up, so it was more reliable for Alexander to go himself.

Quinn also planned to go with him, but Alexander snatched her phone and pushed her into the room. "Stay inside." He didn't give her a chance to speak and closed the door.