Substitutee Marriage: Fallingg For My Ugly Wifee

Chapter: 82

“Millie,” he said warmly.

“T have something to ask you. Is the relationship between Marcus and Leon quite strained?” Millie inquired.

Bruce slipped one hand into his pocket, momentarily taken aback by the question.

His gaze shifted towards Leon, who was engaged in entertaining others.

“Regarding the person you mentioned, he not only has a strained relationship with Marcus but also with me. In fact, it would be an understatement to describe our association as merely bad. It is akin to water and fire, inherently incompatible,”

Bruce explained.

felt perplexed by Bruce’s choice of words. Why did he refer to Leon as “the

so? Aren’t you three cousins by

he was sixteen. Unfortunately, his return brought back all the negative influences he had picked up during his time away. Both my brother and I

palpable, yet upon witnessing Millie’s insatiable thirst for knowledge, he relented and

had endured unimaginable hardships and implored us to foster camaraderie with him. Initially, we followed her wishes, striving to

“He went missing?

mother was pregnant, his father engaged in extramarital affairs, causing his mother to harbor resentment. She believed that his existence was the reason she lost her husband’s affection. As time went on, his father continued his affairs, and his mother gradually grew indifferent towards him. When he was three, his mother took him shopping. Witnessing his father in the embrace of another woman, she left him behind and went after his father. Upon her return, he was

Leon had gone missing at such a young age. Her heart ached at the thought of the countless

searching for him. Yet,

Thomas family, the lengthy duration of the search seemed rather unusual. Perhaps

his head, his expression clouded