She stood up and took the cup in front of her and was about to pour it on Alex when her mother held her back and asked her to sit.

" What do you think you are doing? She is going to walk in on us and see that you both are fighting each other when you were meant to protect each other and fight her? Do not dare being so disgraceful. I beg of you, " she said. 

They exchanged looks. 

" I said what I said and I am not changing my mind over that. He did not have to pour the drink on me like that" ...