Let’s start all over again,shall we?

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

memories flooded Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie had been his saviour.

grace that seemed distant yet

trouble?” she

struggled to stand amidst the pool

a leopard, he found her naivety and acquiescence irksome.

Food

sending him into a cold

lips, arching an eyebrow as she observed. She commented, “Stubborn as

deepened, beads of sweat trickling down

bright and

know what kind of kids they prefer

stayed mute, the torment of his

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

squeezing his eyes shut against the

a girl with a darkness

out a bag of warm

the hot, fragrant buns, even though he didn’t meet

he could grab the buns in his current condition, but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking about snatching them?” she teased.

forever be just a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll gladly

even handle a twig, let alone a blade or bullet. Are you

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

purchased five buns, and two remained untouched.

convince

for five days, and every cent in his pocket came from his hard–earned job. He was accused of

stomach gnawed

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

Farewell, she/bid

actions, Leo chuckled softly,