Being Pursued By Ex-husband
Chapter 47

Chapter 47

Sophia spent her time leisurely for a while; her life was peaceful during this period of time. Either herwarning to Bethany that day had been effective, or Tobias had gone home and warned Bethanypersonally.

In the blink of an eye, four to five days passed, and the Shining Stars Awards event that Katherine hadmentioned finally arrived.

Early in the morning, Katherine called Sophia to inform her that someone would come and do hermakeup in the afternoon. It was a must for her to be the prettiest tonight.

Sophia held her phone and laughed out of annoyance at the call as she had just woken up. “Kathy,have I been too lax with you for too long?”

“I-I'm just doing it for you!”

Katherine, who was timid yet loved to cause trouble, instantly hung up after that. Rage was building upin Sophia, but she had no outlet to vent her frustrations. Hence, she could only shut her eyes and takedeep breaths slowly to calm herself down.

What Katherine planned was a mystery to her. Sometime past three in the afternoon, just as Sophiawoke up from her afternoon nap, the doorbell rang.

In a daze, she dragged her indoor-slippered feet to go downstairs and open the door. When she sawabout five to six people standing at the gates, she instantly snapped awake. “Did Katherine ask you allto come?”

“Yes, Ms. Yarrow.”

Sophia rubbed her temples. “All right. Come in.”

She had no idea where Katherine found these people. They forced her to do as they said as theydolled her up. Finally, three hours later, she could depart for the event.

Other than the day Sophia married Alexander, she had never put on such intricate makeup.

Her features were very beautiful, to begin with, especially her pretty eyes that were alluring yet notseductive. Instead of putting heavy makeup on her face, the makeup artist spent a lot of effort puttingon makeup for her that seemed as natural as possible.

The invitation card was with Katherine, so Sophia had to meet up with her first.

Katherine dispatched a car to pick Sophia up, so the latter did not need to drive.

The sky was already dark at six in the evening. Sophia sat in the back of the car and looked out of thewindow. Katherine texted her to ask where she was at the moment.

Not knowing where she was exactly, Sophia simply sent her location to Katherine.

Five minutes later, the car stopped.

Jonice walked toward her from an MPV parked nearby. “Ms. Yarrow, Katherine's in the car.”

Lifting the hem of her dress, Sophia looked at Jonice and smiled. “What's so important about the eventtonight that made Katherine so anxious?”

Jonice's head throbbed as she briefly explained what was going on between Katherine and Elise.

After Sophia finished listening to Jonice's clarification, she could not help but lift an eyebrow. “Whatsupport or background does this Elise have?”

Jonice was taken aback for an instant before she snapped back to her senses and said hesitatingly,“Ms. Yarrow, Elise has a rather strong backing. We should probably just—”

Sophia smirked. “Jonice, you've known me for so many years. Surely you know that I'm very protectiveof those around me.”

Who dares to bully my friends? Get ready for the reckoning!

Jonice chuckled out loud. “I shouldn't have told you about it.”

With a scoff, Sophia said, “But, you've already told me, so there's no turning back.”

Left with no choice, Jonice uttered a name. “Miguel Johnson.”

“Oh.” Sophia nodded and said, “No wonder.”

Miguel was the paternal cousin of Charles, who was younger than him. Indeed, Elise had the backingof an impressive supporter.

The two women had already arrived next to the MPV as they spoke. Jonice pulled open the car door forSophia, who entered and was immediately pulled into a hug by Katherine. “You look like an angel! Letme give you a smooch first!”

Sophia raised her hand to stop Katherine by the forehead. “This is more than two hours of effort putinto makeup. Don't ruin it.”

The latter knew that what Sophia said was right, so she retracted her arms and sized her friend up.“Tsk, tsk. I would like to know who would be so blind so as to reject an angel like you, Soph.”

Sophia leaned back and sneered faintly, “Alexander Xenos.”

After their divorce for more than half a year, Sophia discovered that she could now make fun of herselfwith an open mind.

Jerks like him don't deserve my time of day.

Katherine blinked her eyes wide at Sophia and gave the latter a thumbs-up. “You're so cool! You'd eveninsult yourself when you're feeling mean!”

The corners of Sophia's lips curved upward into a smile. “I'm so-so.”

The car slowly began to move. On the way to their destination, Katherine told Sophia about the manyatrocities that Elise had committed.

Sophia did not care much about the business; Specter Entertainment had always been managed byKatherine. As Sophia had been completely preoccupied with Alexander during those few years,Katherine did not tell her about all these things that happened.

She did not want to add to Sophia's frustrations and burdens.

It was only when Sophia was free of her shackles that Katherine dared to tell her about all these thingsas if they were merely for entertainment.

However, Sophia's priority was evidently different from Katherine's. “In other words, she snatched twomain roles, three advertisements, and a movie from you within the past few years?”

Katherine, who had been excitedly ranting and scolding Elise, fell silent.

Why does it sound worse to hear her mention my disgraceful moments?

She gave a light cough and muttered, “I snatched plenty of resources from her too.”

“I see. How much do you mean by 'plenty'?”

“W-Well, there's that movie Double Stacks!”

Sophia gave her an amused glance. “And?”

“T-That's it.”

“Pathetic!” scolded Sophia teasingly. “Don't worry. I'll help you get it all back.”

Katherine was stunned for a moment. When she snapped back to her senses, she said, “Sophia, doyou want to be my lady?”

“What about Joshua?”

Katherine fell silent.

While the two women chattered on, the car arrived shortly at the pier.

Much was spent on this event, which was held on a mega cruise ship. Thus, no one could enter withoutan invitation card.

After Katherine and Sophia handed their invitation cards to the attendant and boarded the ship, theysaw Mason and Howard from afar.

James and Joachim were undergoing training at the company's training camp, so Katherine did not askthem to come. “Katherine! Soph!” greeted Mason and Howard as they walked over.

Their eyes landed on Katherine, then on Sophia.

Katherine had been a celebrity for many years, so she had dolled herself up countless times. However,this was the first time for Sophia.

The woman already stood out barefaced, but after being dolled up that night, paired with Katherine'sspecially customized evening gown, she would be the prettiest even when she stood in the midst offemale celebrities.

Mason's heart skipped a beat. “Soph, you're absolutely stunning tonight.”

Katherine eyed him and said, “Am I not stunning then?”

“Katherine, you already have plenty of people singing praises for you. Do you even need my humblewords of praise?”

“Of course!”

Howard was more reserved. He merely greeted them and, afraid of Katherine's badgering, praised bothladies impartially.

The four of them were happily chatting away when Katherine's rival arrived.

Elise wore an extremely eye-catching floor-length red dress. Unfortunately, her looks were incompatiblewith her outfit, and she did not have enough charisma, so it gave others the impression that she wasforcing it upon her.

Katherine had previously insinuated that Elise was ugly and that she did not even have the right to beSophia's servant. She took Katherine's words to heart and instinctively began to look for her as soon asshe entered the venue.

Katherine was wearing a black gown that day. Beautiful and elegant, she was oozing with charisma.

Elise gave a cold huff of disdain and was about to lift the hem of her dress to make her way over whenshe laid eyes on the unfamiliar person standing next to Katherine.

Creasing her brows, Elise asked her manager, who stood next to her, “Who's the woman standingbeside Katherine? Is she a newbie? I've never seen her before.”

The manager glanced at the woman in question and was somewhat blown away by the latter's beauty.“I've never heard about her.”

“Then, we'll go and ask who she is!”

At that, Elise walked toward the group.

Katherine had been waiting for this moment. When she saw Elise finally approach her, she put on apolite smile and greeted, “Elise, long time no see.”

“It's been a long time indeed. Who's this lady next to you?”

Sophia looked at Elise, who was dressed in red, and lifted her brows slightly. She proactively stretchedout her hand to shake Elise's as she uttered, “Hello, Ms. Gardner. I'm Sophia Yarrow, the woman who,according to you, is ugly, crippled, incapable, and deserved to be ditched.”