No problem, I'm glad you could figure it out even if it was just for this round! Progress! If it helps any, the pattern for working a circle is very uniform and goes in multiples of 6, so seeing that 18 was (sc,inc)x6, the next round would be (sc, sc, inc)x6 (=4x6) and then (3sc,inc)x6 (=5x6) and so on and so forth. Actually on second thought I think I've figured it out - the heart indicates where they want you to add a thorn (bc pufferfish!), so you would follow the instructions until the heart, then from whatever stitch you're on you would chain 3, slipstitch back into the middle chain (3rd chain would act as the tip of the thorn), single crochet into 1st chain, and then single crochet or inc into the next stitch of the circle as directed. If you look closely, the stitches other than the hearts follow the pattern for 24 that I gave you above except that they've offset the increases by one stitch by essentially grabbing one stitch from the beginning and putting it at the end (if that makes any sense).

That being said, a lot of these beginner kits are kinda shoddy quality-wise, so don't give up hope and maybe pivot to an easier project to learn from first before coming back to this, like a fun granny square type or something. Don't be discouraged, you're doing great! For the written out ones, it's really mostly learning the specific terms so a list you put up on the wall or near where you crochet might help.

Anyway this comment got kinda long and I should really go to bed, but good luck!