Chapter 1

“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.

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

with someone standing across from him when

an instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face returned to looking

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

because she spotted an adorable little

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

little boy with an affectionate gaze, exuding elegance and gentleness.

was also a woman standing next to Anthony, 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 from their rapport that they

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was none other

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

would be remiss to think that the little

her nails were not digging into her palms right now, she was sure she would have lost

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

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

Genevieve had already been in love with him for a while, as he

on, he made her believe in love at

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

had long since forgotten who she was.

harder to make herself stand

someday.

managed to become

seriously ill and was in urgent need

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

approached Genevieve about

if she had any conditions for donating her bone marrow.

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

pause in thought before he replied

couldn’t care less

her dream of

she was married to Anthony, she was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic

once regretted marrying

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

confidence and determination were destroyed at this moment.

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

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

had yet to

clearly.

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

that the child was

the mother.

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the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could feel her

make things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement

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

in front of her had turned the marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke and crushed her

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