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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.

away from the scene, his muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried himself in his

him when he looked up and noticed Genevieve

vanished, and his

She

she spotted an adorable little boy in

to be around two years old, and he was an exact replica of Anthony,

the meantime, Anthony was looking down at the little boy with an affectionate gaze, exuding elegance and gentleness.

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

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none other than

back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

from earlier had both Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be remiss to think that the little boy had no relation to Anthony

now, she was sure she

after his mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to, and

devastated that he began fooling around among different

already been in love with him for a while, as he had rescued her from a kidnapping as a passerby

that moment on, he made her believe in love at first

had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just

since forgotten who she was.

work harder to make herself

someday.

to become the chief secretary of his office.

that, Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent

he discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor for his sister.

was the first time Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal

she had any conditions for donating her

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was willing to donate her bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said

answer made Anthony pause in thought before he replied nonchalantly,

like he couldn’t care

been elated that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman

to Anthony, she 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

once regretted marrying him.

she could become the perfect 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

and determination were destroyed

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 clarify that he is, indeed,

speech. All the color had drained

yet to

clearly.

in front of those reporters earlier, only for him to contradict her now.

show that the child was indeed his, but

the mother.

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the stinging pain spread from head to

make things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking

this welcome party was purely thrown in honor

marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke and crushed her dignity and determination.

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