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

had stepped away from Melodie for just a few minutes, but it was enough for someone to

He had made

son’s words, rage

tolerate: people calling her children b*stards and people laughing at

had just

Slap!

loud slap rang

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

no longer cared about her image and lunged at Adina

and Sophia missed. She crashed face-first

poured down her

such a pathetic state before,

has a foul mouth, so that slap was for him!” Adina said

wide, and her long, curled lashes fluttered. It looked like she had no idea

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

out of the study room with her cane

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 unrest in the

who’ll bring unrest to the family!” Richard roared.

after being rebuked by her mother-in-law and husband in front of others, but she did not dare

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