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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.

the scene, his muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried

from him when he

instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome

little strained. She felt somewhat untethered,

she spotted an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

old, and he

the meantime, Anthony was looking down at the little boy with an affectionate

the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their rapport that they had been married for

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was none other than Rosalie

she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

facial features. Genevieve would be remiss to think

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

mother, Quincey

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

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

her

work at Hoffman Group just so she

long since

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

someday.

managed to become

seriously ill and was in urgent need of

discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor for his sister.

was the first time Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal matter.

had any conditions for donating her bone

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in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to

pause in thought

care less about

that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was coming

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

Genevieve never once regretted marrying him.

made the right choice. She had been so sure that he would

her 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

was an intense buzzing in Genevieve’s ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color

to disperse, so they naturally

clearly.

Anthony having an illegitimate child in front

went to show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve was

the mother.

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

things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement

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 show up here

tears clouded her vision. The scene in front of her had turned the marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke

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