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Chapter 236 Food Snatcher

Maggie’s eyes shimmered with moisture as she gave a weak smile, shifting the conversation.

Leo shared a similar background with Maggie, yet their paths diverged.

His mother, once Joshua’s mistress, was a fleeting figure that disappeared soon in his life.

She had hoped to manipulate Joshua through Leo, using cunning ways to conceive his child.

But when she tried to leverage the child, Joshua had grown indifferent, showing no interest in the child she had schemed to bring into the world.

The woman’s efforts to manipulate Joshua blew up in her face, resulting in threats, bribes, and finally. expulsion with a stern warning.

This descent into madness left Leo to navigate a childhood marred by abuse.

In her rare moments of clarity, she’d shower him with maternal affection, but in her darker times, she’d unleash verbal and physical torment upon him.

Raised without a father and in such tumultuous conditions, Leo forged a resilient and hardened shell,

Yet, he quickly learned that sheer strength wasn’t enough without a solid support network by his side.

Hence, the lad who once frolicked in the mud mastered the art of projecting the image of a model. student, at least on the surface.

He realised that by adopting the persona of a courteous and capable individual, he could earn trust effortlessly, bypassing the necessity for physical confrontation.

Experiencing the dark side of human behaviour from an early age, he cultivated a frostier demeanour, seamlessly merging it with his natural aloofness.

His interactions were always polite, never condescending, yet his true essence remained veiled. He observed others discreetly, responding to provocation with calculated ferocity.

Similar to Maggie, he was thrust into maturity ahead of his time, relegated to the role of a supporting

character.

gesture of affection

flooded Leo’s mind of the

days, she possessed a grace that seemed distant yet luminous, akin to a

trouble?” she asked, a touch of exasperation in her

pushing her away as he struggled to stand amidst the

a leopard, he found

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a cold sweat

her lips, arching an eyebrow as she observed. She commented,

deepened, beads of sweat trickling down his face.

knelt before him, her eyes bright and unflinching,

they prefer in orphanages?” she queried.

torment of his fractured

ones. They won’t even feed bread crusts to children like you,” Maggie declared

his eyes shut against the pain.

the rest, a girl with a darkness that matched his own, a depth that drew

Maggie teased, holding out a

couldn’t deny the allure of the hot, fragrant buns, even though he didn’t

current condition, but the girl caught on with just

“Then you’ll forever be just a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll

twig, let alone a blade or bullet. Are you daft?” she

many she devoured.

purchased five buns, and two remained

might convince her

in his pocket came from his hard–earned job. He was accused of stealing another’s work and endured a brutal

stomach gnawed with hunger

throat as he pondered how to plead for help, but in the blink

out. Farewell, she/bid politely,

past actions, Leo chuckled softly,