Let's Start All Over Again, Shall We (Maggie and Nathaniel) novel Chapter 236

Chapter 236 Food Snatcher

Maggie’s eyes shimmered with moisture as she gave a weak smile, shifting the conversation.

Leo shared a similar background with Maggie, yet their paths diverged.

His mother, once Joshua’s mistress, was a fleeting figure that disappeared soon in his life.

She had hoped to manipulate Joshua through Leo, using cunning ways to conceive his child.

But when she tried to leverage the child, Joshua had grown indifferent, showing no interest in the child she had schemed to bring into the world.

The woman’s efforts to manipulate Joshua blew up in her face, resulting in threats, bribes, and finally. expulsion with a stern warning.

This descent into madness left Leo to navigate a childhood marred by abuse.

In her rare moments of clarity, she’d shower him with maternal affection, but in her darker times, she’d unleash verbal and physical torment upon him.

Raised without a father and in such tumultuous conditions, Leo forged a resilient and hardened shell,

Yet, he quickly learned that sheer strength wasn’t enough without a solid support network by his side.

Hence, the lad who once frolicked in the mud mastered the art of projecting the image of a model. student, at least on the surface.

He realised that by adopting the persona of a courteous and capable individual, he could earn trust effortlessly, bypassing the necessity for physical confrontation.

Experiencing the dark side of human behaviour from an early age, he cultivated a frostier demeanour, seamlessly merging it with his natural aloofness.

His interactions were always polite, never condescending, yet his true essence remained veiled. He observed others discreetly, responding to provocation with calculated ferocity.

Similar to Maggie, he was thrust into maturity ahead of his time, relegated to the role of a supporting

character.

Each comfort and every gesture of affection exacted a toll.

As he savoured his beer, memories flooded Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie had been his saviour.

In those days, she possessed a grace that seemed distant yet luminous, akin to a glowing moon.

“Why do you keep getting yourself into trouble?” she asked, a touch of exasperation in her tone.

He bristled at her interference, pushing her away as he struggled to stand amidst the pool of blood, snapping. “Stay out of it, just leave me be.”

As cautious as a leopard, he found her naivety and acquiescence irksome.

Chapter 236 Food Snatcher

Agony surged through him, sending him into a cold sweat and forcing him to crumple once again.

Maggie pursed her lips, arching an eyebrow as she observed. She commented, “Stubborn as a mule. No wonder you keep landing in trouble.”

His glare deepened, beads of sweat trickling down his face.

Unfazed, the determined girl knelt before him, her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood staining her skirt.

“You know what kind of kids they prefer in orphanages?” she queried.

Leo stayed mute, the torment of his fractured bones engulfing his mind.

“Clean, well–behaved, sensible ones. They won’t even feed bread crusts to children like you,” Maggie declared earnestly.

Leo gritted his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against the pain.