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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.

of affection exacted

he savoured his beer, memories flooded Leo’s mind of the moments

seemed distant yet

she

her interference, pushing her away as he struggled to stand amidst the pool of blood, snapping. “Stay out

cautious as a leopard, he found her naivety and acquiescence

Food

him into a cold sweat and forcing him to crumple

an eyebrow as she observed. She commented, “Stubborn as a mule. No wonder you

of sweat trickling down

determined girl knelt before him, her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred

of kids they

torment of his

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

teeth, squeezing his eyes

rest, a girl with a darkness that

out a bag of warm buns.

of the hot, fragrant buns, even though he didn’t meet her gaze.

current condition, but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking about snatching them?” she teased.

with a few nice words, I’ll

What’s the point? You can’t even handle a twig, let

tallied how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her pace slowed down, showing

had purchased five buns, and two

might convince her

pocket came from his hard–earned job. He

gnawed with

but in the blink of an eye, she rose and tossed the last two buns in

Farewell, she/bid

past actions, Leo chuckled softly, marveling