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.

of words. Why did he refer to

so? Aren’t you three cousins by

a nuisance. What you don’t 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

topic of Leon was palpable, yet upon witnessing Millie’s

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

her confusion. “He went missing? How did

indifferent towards him. When he was three, his mother took him shopping.

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

help but speculate. Given the resources at the disposal of the Thomas family, the lengthy duration of the search seemed rather

his expression clouded with contemplation,