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Chapter 638

Author: Ginger Sue
The ballroom was a pitiful sight with how empty it was. The few men who had attended were Javier's business partners instead of anyone Sophia knew.

The only women in the room besides Sophia and her daughters were the hotel staff and the pianist they hired! All the rich men's wives and mistresses who appeared to be on good terms with Sophia were nowhere to be found!

Damn it! Damn it to hell!

If the reporters hadn't been present right now, Sophia would have thrown a tantrum right then and there.

Javier's brows furrowed just the slightest, but besides that, he didn't show much emotion.

Meanwhile, Betty was shocked. She had known how bad her mother's relationships in their social circle were, but not to this extent!

"Hurry up and take those photos! This is going to make the headlines!" a reporter cried, followed by frantic snapshots of the virtually empty ballroom.

"We can title this 'Madam Sophia Beckett's Birthday Bash—Truly Bashed! No Longer the Starlet of Yesterday'!"

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