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.

by Bruce’s choice of words. Why did he refer to Leon as “the person” when discussing

so? Aren’t you three

know is that he went missing at the age of three and retuned to the Thomas family when 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 had fiery temperaments, but his

to dwell on the topic of Leon was palpable, yet upon witnessing Millie’s insatiable thirst for knowledge,

us to foster camaraderie with him. Initially, we followed her wishes, striving to accommodate

“He went

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 gone. He didn’t come back until thirteen

anticipated that Leon had gone missing at such a young age. Her heart ached at the thought of the countless stories of lost children she had encountered, each more

Yet, it took thirteen years to locate him in a

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

clouded with contemplation, before