Richard: What is going on in here?! Why is my son crying on the floor?!
Victoria: Richard! Thank goodness you came home early! This incompetent maid just snatched Toby right out of my arms!
Maria: That is a complete lie, Mr. Sterling! She almost dropped him on the marble floor because she was holding him so carelessly!
Victoria: Don't you dare talk back to me, you lying housemaid! Richard, fire her immediately!
Richard: What have you done?!
Richard rushed forward across the grand hall, ignoring Victoria completely as he dropped to one knee beside Maria. He carefully scooped baby Toby up from the maid's arms, cradling the weeping infant against his broad chest while glaring at his fiancée with fierce, uncontainable anger.
Richard: Toby, shh... Daddy's here. I've got you, buddy.
Toby: Da-da! WAAAH!
Richard: Stay away from that baby, Victoria! Do not take another step toward him!
Victoria: Richard, darling, you are completely misunderstanding the situation! I was holding him so lovingly, and she tackled me from behind!
Maria: Mr. Sterling, look at his arm! She was squeezing his tiny wrist to make him keep quiet!
Richard: What?! Let me see!
Richard turned Toby slightly in his arms, gently pulling back the sleeve of the baby's grey vest. A dark red mark was already forming on the infant's pale skin, clearly shaped like a hand print. Richard's jaw tightened until his teeth ground together, his eyes turning dark as he glared up at Victoria.
Richard: You bruised my nine-month-old son?!
Victoria: It was an accident! He was thrashing around because he's a spoiled, undisciplined brat!
Richard: He is a baby, Victoria! He doesn't even know how to walk yet!
Victoria: Well, he needs to learn some manners if he's going to live in this estate with us after the wedding!
Richard: There isn't going to be a wedding!
Victoria froze in place, her golden sequined gown shimmering under the crystal chandelier as the words hung in the air. Her manicured hand flew to her chest, her wide eyes filling with sudden shock.
Victoria: What did you just say to me?
Richard: You heard me! The engagement is over! Get out of my house right now!
Victoria: You're canceling our wedding over a minor misunderstanding with a maid?! Do you know how much money my father invested in your firm's real estate project?!
Richard: I don't give a damn about your father's investment! If anyone touches my son, they are dead to me!
Victoria: You're making a massive mistake, Richard Sterling! You need my family's backing for the corporate merger on Monday!
Richard: I don't need anything from a woman who abuses an innocent child!
Maria: Mr. Sterling... there's something else you need to know about her.
Richard: What is it, Maria?
Victoria: Keep your filthy mouth shut, Maria! I'll sue you for everything you own!
Maria: She wasn't just holding him carelessly, sir. She was looking at the adoption registry papers in your private study before you arrived!