Chapter 1913

"Javier, listen! Your child is kicking my belly. She took after your strength!"

"Javier, look! Betty's eyes and mouth resembled yours. She's a carbon copy of you!"

A carbon copy of his? Javier's lips twitched uncontrollably in an ugly manner.

Javier had always prided himself on his wits and the elite education he had received. He couldn't believe that he had been fooled by Sophia, an actress who had hailed from the slums.

However, there was nothing he could do about it—Sophia was long dead.

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Surrounded by the merciless media, the forlorn Javier escaped the press conference with the help of Neil and the other bodyguards.

At first, he had planned to save the situation as the family patriarch, but he hadn't expected it to backfire. The Beckett family, riddled with scandals, now had one more stain on its history.

He had become a clown.

He finally got into the car, looking disheveled in his wrinkled suit and messy hair. The reporters pressed their lenses against the car window t