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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.

defined features making him stand out from the crowd.

was exchanging pleasantries with someone standing across from him when he looked up and noticed Genevieve approaching

instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face

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

spotted an adorable little boy

years old, and he was an exact replica

down at the little boy

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

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other than Rosalie Stewart.

can’t believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered

Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be

into her palms right now, she was

Quincey Hoffman, paid her

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

for a while, as he

on, he made her believe in love

returning to the country, Genevieve had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group

long since forgotten who she

to make herself stand out so that

someday.

year, she managed to become the

Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in

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

Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal

her if she had any conditions

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her bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her

made Anthony pause in thought

he couldn’t care less about

on the other hand, had been elated that her dream of becoming Mrs.

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

this, Genevieve never once regretted

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 notice all that was good about her and

determination were destroyed at

the entire room with a single glance. “Thank you all for attending the 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 protect him from any hurtful comments, I’d like to take this opportunity today to officially clarify that he is, indeed, mine and my

intense buzzing in Genevieve’s ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color

the door had yet to disperse, so they naturally

clearly.

illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only

show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve

the mother.

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in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could feel her face getting hot.

this groundbreaking

party was purely thrown in honor

vision. The scene in front of her had turned the marriage she tried so hard to keep into some

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