The water was so hot that she jumped, and her palm missed Melody’s face.

“Who threw hot water at me?!”

Sophia was fuming. When she looked down, she saw Alden holding an empty glass.

The moment she saw him, she threw all caution to the wind and ran over to grab him by the collar. Then, she swung her hand at him.

Adina grabbed her hand midwing, even if it felt as if her bone was about to be crushed.

“Abusing my kids while I’m not around, Sophia? It’s been years since we last met, but you’re as uncivilized as ever.”

Adina flung her hand away and bent down to hug Alden and Melody.

Sophia was so angry that she felt as if she was about to combust.

She pointed at Melody and roared, “Your daughter slapped my son! Either let me slap her, or do it yourself!”

Adina looked over and saw the palm print on Leo’s face.

But Melody never took the first step to hurt others.

“Mommy, it’s not Mel’s fault,” Alden said. “Leo called her a mute and spat at her.”

like he was blaming

called him over to talk about the chip, so he had stepped away from Melodie for just a few minutes,

fault. He had made his mother worry

heard her son’s words, rage stirred in

things she could not tolerate: people calling her children

just

Slap!

loud slap rang

wide. “You witch, how dare you hit me?! I won’t

about her image and lunged at Adina like a crazed woman. Her hands were

avoided her coolly, and Sophia missed. She crashed face-first onto the

poured down

had never been in such a pathetic state before, and she wanted to tear Adina to

Adina said while looking down at

wide, and her long, curled lashes fluttered.

furious that her hand trembled. “Adina, you wh*re, how dare you hit my daughter?! As long as I’m one of the Xaviers, don’t you dare to even think

me out of the house, too?” Madam Xavier walked out of the study room with her cane and stopped in front of Adina like a

said in a quivering voice, “That’s not what I meant, Mother. You saw what happened just now. Adina has no respect for her elders and hit her cousin. She’s too arrogant, and it’ll bring

the family!” Richard roared. “If you

in front of others, but she did not

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