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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.

every gesture of

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

seemed distant

trouble?” she asked, a touch

bristled at her interference, pushing her away as he struggled to stand amidst the

he found her

Food

a cold sweat and forcing him to crumple once again.

She commented, “Stubborn as a

glare deepened, beads of sweat

eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood

know what kind of kids they prefer in

torment of his

even feed bread crusts to children

squeezing his eyes shut against the

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

holding out

the allure of the hot, fragrant buns, even though

buns in his current condition, but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking about snatching

I’ll gladly hand

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

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

buns, and two remained

contemplated whether a few words of kindness might convince

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

gnawed

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

she/bid politely,

past actions, Leo chuckled