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.

Why did he refer to

you three cousins by

family when he was sixteen. Unfortunately, his return brought back all the negative influences he had picked up during his time away.

topic of Leon was palpable, yet

overwhelming sense of indebtedness, believed he had endured unimaginable hardships and implored us to foster

her confusion. “He went missing? How

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.

dropped in shock. She had never anticipated that Leon had gone missing at such a young age. Her heart ached at the thought

no expense in searching for him. Yet, it took thirteen years to locate him in a distant

family, the lengthy duration of the search seemed rather unusual. Perhaps Leon had no desire to return to the

his head, his expression clouded with contemplation, before continuing his