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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.

muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out

was exchanging pleasantries with someone standing across from him

and his handsome face returned to looking dispassionate.

smile grew a little strained. She felt

spotted an adorable

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

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

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

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woman was none other

believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

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

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

Quincey Hoffman, paid her to,

at the time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling around among different women, presumably

while, as he had rescued her from a

he made her believe in love at

Genevieve had deliberately found work at

had long since forgotten who she

to make herself stand out so that he would notice her

someday.

to become the

seriously ill and was in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant.

Genevieve was

approached Genevieve about a

had patiently asked her if she had any conditions for donating her bone

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

in thought before he replied

couldn’t care less about who he married.

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

those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it was only natural that Anthony dumped her one

this, Genevieve never once regretted

She had been so sure

confidence and determination were destroyed at this

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

Genevieve’s ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color had drained from

had yet to disperse, so they naturally heard

clearly.

an illegitimate child in front

show that the child was indeed his,

the mother.

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trice, Genevieve felt as if she had been slapped in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could feel her

groundbreaking announcement on the day of their

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

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