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.

every gesture of affection

his beer, memories flooded Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie

possessed a grace that seemed distant yet luminous, akin to a glowing moon.

keep getting yourself into trouble?” she asked, a touch of

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

a leopard, he found her

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him into a cold sweat and forcing him

commented, “Stubborn as a mule. No wonder you keep landing in trouble.”

glare deepened, beads of sweat trickling down his face.

bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood staining her skirt.

know what kind of kids they prefer in orphanages?”

the torment of his fractured bones

bread

his teeth, squeezing his

with a darkness that matched his own,

out a

of the hot, fragrant buns,

but the girl caught on with just one

be just a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll gladly hand them over. I might even consider bringing it to

as ever. What’s the point? You can’t even handle a twig,

how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her

purchased five buns, and two remained untouched.

words of kindness might convince her to hand

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

stomach gnawed with hunger

in his throat as he pondered how to plead for help, but in the blink of an eye, she rose and tossed the last

she/bid politely, yet coldly.

chuckled softly,