Alvin Raymond's cheek swelled and reddened at a visible pace after taking Ronan's slap.
The searing pain snapped him awake as if from a dream, and he immediately burst into loud wails!
Alice, clutching her doll, was worried. She could not help tugging at Ronan's sleeve, afraid that he would be punished for it.
The Raymond couple soon hurried downstairs into the hall after hearing the commotion.
"Mother!"
The moment he saw his mother, Alvin rushed over crying. Covering his face, he wailed, "Ronan hit me!"
The Baroness's face immediately turned livid, and the way she stared at Ronan seemed as though she wanted to devour him alive.
She had borne Malcolm five children in total, and Alvin was both the youngest and the most pampered.
Because of the age gap, he was also her last child.
For Ronan, an illegitimate son who had long since branched off, to actually slap Alvin Raymond was undoubtedly a touch upon this Baroness's reverse scale.
Malcolm's expression was ugly as well.
He asked in a deep voice, "Ronan, what is going on?"
The reason this baron did not erupt immediately was that Ronan was no longer the overlooked illegitimate son of the family he had once been.
"He bullied Alice."
Facing Malcolm's questioning and the Baroness's venomous glare, Ronan answered coolly, "Father, I think you should properly discipline Alvin. The Raymond Family does not yet possess the qualifications or foundation to raise a wastrel."
Malcolm felt as though his own face had been slapped swollen too!
If this had been more than three years ago, and Ronan had dared speak to him like this, he would absolutely have had the butler bring over a riding whip, given Ronan a vicious lashing, and forbidden him food for a day.
The heavens had been turned