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

away from

his fault. He had made his mother worry

words, rage

two things she could not tolerate: people calling

just

Slap!

slap rang through the living

witch, how dare you hit me?! I won’t let this

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

coolly, and Sophia missed. She crashed

poured down her

a pathetic state before, and she wanted to tear Adina

was for him!” Adina said while looking down at her. She then bent down and picked

her eyes wide, and her long, curled lashes fluttered. It looked like she had

you wh*re, how dare you hit my daughter?! As long as I’m one of the Xaviers, don’t

too?” Madam Xavier walked out of the study room with her cane and

and 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 family. I

the family!” Richard roared. “If you can’t accept

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

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