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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.

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

exchanging pleasantries with someone standing across from him when he looked up and

instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face returned

and her smile grew a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her

an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

he

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

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

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woman was none other than Rosalie

back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

features. Genevieve would be remiss to think that the little boy

right now, she was

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

devastated that he began fooling around

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

made her believe in love

the country, Genevieve had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so she could

long since

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

someday.

become the chief secretary of his

sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent need of a bone

he discovered Genevieve

time Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal matter.

her if she had any conditions

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

answer made Anthony pause in thought before

care less about who he

that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was

she was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it

Genevieve never once regretted marrying

that time would prove to Anthony that he had made the right choice. She had been so

her confidence and determination were destroyed at

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,

to Anthony’s speech. All

reporters by the door had yet to disperse, so they

clearly.

having an illegitimate child in front of those

child was indeed his, but Genevieve was

the mother.

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trice, Genevieve felt as if she had been slapped in public, and the

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking

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 to

her had turned the marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke

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