Submitting To My Billionaire Ex-Wife

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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.

features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried himself in his usual aloof manner, his gaze

from him when he looked up and noticed Genevieve

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

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

was because she spotted an adorable little

around two years old, and he was

little boy

moment to take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their

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other than

back!‘ Genevieve pondered

facial features. Genevieve would be remiss to think that the little boy had no relation to Anthony at all!

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

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

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

love with him for a while, as he had rescued her from a kidnapping as a passerby while they

her believe in

had deliberately found work at

since forgotten who she

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

someday.

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

ill and was in urgent

discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor for

first time Anthony approached Genevieve about

if she had any conditions for donating her

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but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness,

in thought before he replied nonchalantly,

like he couldn’t care less about who he married.

on the other hand, had been elated that her dream of

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

this, Genevieve never once regretted marrying

that he had made the right choice. She had been so sure that he would come to notice all that was good

all her confidence and determination were destroyed at

the stage impassively, Anthony silenced the entire room with a single glance. “Thank 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 today to officially clarify that he is, indeed, mine

speech. All the color had drained from her face, and she looked up at him

by the door had yet to disperse, so

clearly.

denied Anthony having an illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier,

the child was indeed his, but Genevieve was not

the mother.

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

to make this groundbreaking announcement on the day

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

she tried so hard to keep into some twisted