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“Come to Heritus Hotel for dinner right now,” Anthony Hoffman said into the phone

voice deep and devoid of warmth.

Delighted to receive his call, Genevieve Lawrence began, “I’m at the hospital-”

his

However, before she could tell him she was doing her prenatal test, he hung up the phone.

Anthony was her husband, and in the two months since he had gone away on a business trip, this was the first time he had taken the initiative to call her.

Genevieve was ecstatic enough to hear from him despite him sounding as indifferent as usual.

‘He remembers that it’s our third wedding anniversary today, she thought gleefully. ‘He must have invited me to dinner because he has a surprise for me!‘

Her originally haggard face turned a little red, and her eyes were bright as she left the hospital with her medical report in hand.

It was just as well that Anthony had invited her to dinner, for she had her good news to tell him, too.

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guess we’ll have two things to celebrate today!‘ Genevieve mused in excitement.

Later, she had only just gotten out of the car when a crowd suddenly surrounded her.

Countless reporters swarmed in and blocked her path.

Genevieve could not hide her joy, assuming Anthony had put the word out that it was their wedding anniversary today, so these reporters were especially here to congratulate them

now.

She waved happily at the reporters.

“Mrs. Hoffman, you and Anthony have been married for three years. Did you know that his illegitimate child is already two years old?”

“Mrs. Hoffman, what are your thoughts about Anthony’s illegitimate child? Are you open to

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letting him become part of your family and raising him?”

“Are you and Anthony only married on paper? Do you both have your own separate lives?”

“Is that child yours? Or is he a product of Anthony’s infidelity?”

Recently, there had been rumors of Anthony having an illegitimate child, but Genevieve did r not believe them.

“My husband is very busy. We have no children of our own yet, and he certainly does not have an illegitimate child. Those are just rumors,” she answered. “We love each other very much, and I trust him.”

Three years of being married to Anthony had trained her to handle these unwelcomed questions and situations well.

muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He

from him when he

an instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face returned to

expression froze the next second, and her smile grew a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps

was because she spotted an adorable little

around two years old, and he was an

at the little

child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their rapport that they had been married for years.

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was none other than Rosalie

believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve

be remiss to think that the little boy

she was sure she would have lost control of

after his mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her

girlfriend at the time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling

while, as he had rescued

he made her believe

work at Hoffman Group just so she could

had long since forgotten who

to make herself stand out so that

someday.

half a year, she managed to become

ill and was in urgent

health check–up that he discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor

first time Anthony approached Genevieve

asked her if she had

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her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to him, “I’ll

in thought before he

couldn’t care less

elated that her dream of

years she was married to Anthony, she was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it

never once regretted marrying him.

right choice. She had been so sure that he would come to notice all

determination were destroyed at this moment.

party of my son, Samson Hoffman. I know rumors have been flying around since his pictures were taken by the media, so in order to protect him from any hurtful comments, I’d like to take this opportunity today to officially

an intense buzzing in Genevieve’s ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color had drained from her face,

yet to disperse, so they naturally

clearly.

had firmly denied Anthony having an illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only for him to contradict her now.

to show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve

the mother.

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in public, and the stinging pain

make things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement on the day of their wedding

welcome party was purely thrown in honor of his illegitimate son. He had only called her earlier to ask

her had turned the marriage she

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