She paused, nudged the door open a bit further, and spotted Adele doing a handstand against the wall, her face flushed and her voice quivering as she cried, "Mommy, I'm sorry."

Yet, Sadie continued to slap Adele as she yelled, "I told you to be quiet!"

Witnessing the scene, Ariana's heart tightened, her breaths deepened with fury, and a surge of anger consumed her.

It's unimaginable that Sadie was treating her own child this way!

Fueled by rage, Ariana forcefully kicked the door open, startling Sadie with a loud bang.

“What's happening?" Sadie shouted, mistaking Ariana for the returning maid.

However, upon seeing that it was Ariana, Sadie stuttered, "You... Why are you here?"

“Why am I here? If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have discovered you abusing your own child! I'm shocked that you would do something Like this!" Ariana's anger boiled as she locked eyes with Sadie.

Before Sadie could respond, Ariana began recording with her phone, capturing both Sadie's astonished expression and Adele's distress.

Seeing herself on the camera, Sadie panicked and made a grab for Ariana's phone.

Ariana stepped back to avoid Sadie, but Sadie, desperate, knocked the phone from Ariana's grip and hurled it out of the window. She then spun around and shouted at Ariana, “What I do with my child is not your concern! Why are you meddling with my affairs? Get out!"

Ariana's anger intensified. Despite this, she maintained her composure and retorted, “Your child? You're unworthy of being a mother! How dare you do that to your child!"

Redirecting her focus to Adele, Ariana noticed Adele was still in distress, with tears on her face and red eyes.

She promptly lifted Adele upright and embraced her. Adele looked at Ariana, then turned to look at Sadie with fear. Her lips showed signs of bruising, and her arms bore marks. She was sweaty, with droplets forming on her forehead.

Embracing Adele tightly, Ariana comforted her, "Everything's okay now."

However, this infuriated Sadie. Witnessing Ariana and Adele together, she clenched her fists and trembled with anger.

She couldn't allow this to happen.

Adele was her final trump card. She couldn't permit Ariana to snatch Adele away! Absolutely not!

“What do you think you're doing?" Sadie screamed, charging at Ariana.

Full of fury and aggression, she pulled at Ariana's hair, scratched Ariana's face, and shouted hysterically, "Adele's my child! You have no right to touch her!"