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.

and every gesture of affection exacted a toll.

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

grace that seemed distant yet

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

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

as a leopard, he found her

Food

him into a cold sweat and

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

deepened, beads of sweat trickling

her eyes bright

kind of kids they prefer in

his fractured bones engulfing

well–behaved, sensible ones. They won’t even feed bread crusts to children like

teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against the

the rest, a girl with a darkness that matched his own, a

holding out a bag of

the hot, fragrant buns, even though he

buns in his current condition, but the girl caught

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

a twig, let alone a

before him, Maggie casually nibbled on the bun. Leo quietly tallied how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her pace slowed down, showing that she

purchased five buns,

convince her

every cent in his pocket came from his hard–earned job. He was accused of stealing

gnawed with

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

out. Farewell, she/bid politely, yet

Leo chuckled softly, marveling at her