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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.

and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried himself in

was exchanging pleasantries with someone standing across from him

smile vanished, and his handsome face returned to

strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps seemed to be getting

because she spotted an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

years old, and he was an exact replica of Anthony,

at the little boy with an affectionate

who reached out at this moment to take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed

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other than Rosalie Stewart.

believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered

earlier had both Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be remiss

not digging into her palms right now, she was sure she would

his mother, Quincey Hoffman,

by his girlfriend at the time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling around among different

he

made her

the country, Genevieve had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so

had long since forgotten who

she could only work harder to make herself stand out

someday.

she managed to become the

long after that, Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent need of a bone marrow

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

time Anthony approached Genevieve about

asked her if she had any conditions for donating

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Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to him, “I’ll do it if you marry me.”

in thought before he replied nonchalantly,

couldn’t care less about who he married.

that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman

was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it was only natural that Anthony dumped

Genevieve never once regretted

wife and that time would prove to Anthony that he had made the right choice. She had been so sure that he would come to notice all that was good about her and fall in

confidence and determination were

second birthday 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

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

reporters by the door had yet to disperse, so they

clearly.

illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only for him to contradict her

to show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve was not

the mother.

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she had been slapped in public, and the

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

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

the marriage she tried so

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