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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 when

instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face returned to looking dispassionate.

She felt

spotted an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

years old, and he was an exact replica

was looking down at the little boy with an affectionate gaze, exuding elegance

take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their rapport that

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she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered

had both Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be remiss to think that

digging into her palms right now, she was sure she would have lost control of

with Anthony after his mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to, and she went abroad

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

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

her believe in

had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so

had long since forgotten who

work harder to make herself stand out so that he would notice

someday.

a year, she managed to become

younger sister fell seriously ill and was

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

was the first time Anthony approached

her if she had

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bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to him,

made Anthony pause in thought before he replied

he couldn’t care less about who he

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

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 was only natural that Anthony dumped her

once regretted marrying him.

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 love with her.

and determination were destroyed at this moment.

been flying around since his pictures were taken by

as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color had drained from her face, and she looked up

door had yet to disperse, so they naturally heard Anthony’s

clearly.

having an illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only for

to show that the child was indeed his, but

the mother.

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the stinging pain spread from head

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

anniversary, and this welcome party was purely thrown in honor of his illegitimate son. He had only called her

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

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