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”

so? Aren’t you three cousins by

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

dwell on the topic of Leon was palpable, yet upon

overwhelming sense of indebtedness, believed he had endured unimaginable hardships and implored us to foster camaraderie with him. Initially, we followed her wishes, striving to accommodate his

her confusion. “He went missing? How did

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

heart ached at

family spared no expense in searching for him. Yet, it took

the distance, Millie couldn’t help but speculate. Given the resources at the disposal of the Thomas family, the lengthy duration of the search seemed rather unusual. Perhaps Leon had no

his expression clouded with contemplation, before continuing his