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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.

his muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the

with someone standing across from him when he looked up

and his handsome face returned

smile grew a little strained. She felt

because she spotted an adorable little boy

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

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

out at this moment to take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their rapport that they had been

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was none other than

she’s back!‘ Genevieve

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

right now, she

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

was so devastated that he began fooling around among different women, presumably to spite his

while, as he had rescued her from a kidnapping as a

moment on, he made her believe in love at first

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

since forgotten who she was.

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

someday.

managed to become the chief secretary of

fell seriously ill and was

Genevieve was a compatible

first time Anthony approached Genevieve about a

her if she had

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her anxiousness, she

thought before he replied

he couldn’t care less about who

hand, had been elated that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was coming true.

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

Genevieve never once regretted marrying

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

determination were destroyed at

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

she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color had drained from her

door had yet to disperse,

clearly.

think, she had firmly denied Anthony having an illegitimate child in front of

went to show that the child was indeed

the mother.

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in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement on

was then it dawned on her that he had probably forgotten it was their wedding anniversary, and this welcome party was purely thrown in honor of his illegitimate son. He had only called her earlier to ask her

she

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