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.

gesture of

of the moments when

that seemed distant

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

amidst the pool of blood, snapping. “Stay out

leopard, he found her naivety and acquiescence irksome.

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through him, sending him into a cold sweat and

as she observed. She commented, “Stubborn as a mule.

sweat

knelt before him, her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood staining her skirt.

kind of kids they prefer in

stayed mute, the torment of his

won’t even feed bread crusts to children

his eyes

a darkness that matched

hungry?” Maggie teased, holding out

couldn’t deny the allure of the hot, fragrant buns,

but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking about snatching them?”

words, I’ll gladly hand them

can’t even handle a twig, let alone a blade or bullet. Are you daft?” she

quietly tallied how many she devoured. One, two, three.

five buns, and two remained untouched.

contemplated whether a few words of kindness might convince her to hand over the

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

gnawed with hunger

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,

her past actions, Leo chuckled softly, marveling