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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.

silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried himself

pleasantries with someone standing across from him when he looked up and noticed Genevieve approaching

vanished, and his handsome

She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps seemed to

was because she spotted an adorable little boy

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

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

also a woman standing next to Anthony, who reached out at this moment to take the child out of Anthony’s arms.

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woman was none other than Rosalie

believe she’s back!‘

Genevieve would be

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

Quincey

so devastated that

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

made her

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

he had long since forgotten who she was.

herself stand out so that he would notice

someday.

she managed to become the chief secretary

seriously ill and

Genevieve

first time Anthony approached Genevieve about a

her if she had any

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was willing to donate her bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her

pause in thought before he

care less about who

other hand, had been elated that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman

becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it was only

Genevieve never once regretted

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

determination

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

in Genevieve’s ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the

yet to disperse, so they naturally heard

clearly.

having an illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only

the child was indeed his, but

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.

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking

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

turned the marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke and crushed

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