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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 stand out from the crowd.

standing across from him when he looked up and noticed Genevieve

and his handsome face returned to looking dispassionate.

a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps seemed

adorable little

old, and he was an exact replica of Anthony, albeit a

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

to Anthony, who reached out at this moment to take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did

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none other than

she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

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

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

Rosalie broke up with Anthony after his mother, Quincey

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

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

that moment on, he made her believe

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

he had long since

to make herself stand out so

someday.

a year, she managed to become the chief secretary of his

long after that, Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in

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

approached Genevieve about

if she had any conditions for donating her

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was willing to donate her bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to him, “I’ll do it if

Anthony pause in thought before

couldn’t care

had been elated that her dream of becoming Mrs.

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 one day.

once regretted marrying him.

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 her

her confidence and determination

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 is, indeed,

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

by the door had yet to disperse, so they naturally heard

clearly.

in front

child was indeed his, but

the mother.

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had been slapped in public, and the

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement on the day of their wedding

purely thrown in

marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke

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