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

from him when he

his smile vanished, and his handsome face

and her smile grew a little strained. She felt

an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

years 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

a woman standing next 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

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woman was none other than Rosalie

she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered

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

her palms right now, she was sure she would

ago, Rosalie broke up with Anthony after his mother, Quincey

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

a while, as he had rescued her from a kidnapping as a passerby while they

that moment on, he made her believe in love

deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so she could get

he had long since forgotten who

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

someday.

year, she managed to become

and

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

was the first time Anthony approached Genevieve about

patiently asked her if she had any conditions for donating her bone

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her bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to him, “I’ll

answer made Anthony pause in thought before he replied nonchalantly,

sounded like he couldn’t care

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

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

once regretted marrying

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 and fall in love with

and determination were destroyed at this moment.

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

intense 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 Anthony’s words

clearly.

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

only went to show that the child was indeed

the mother.

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as if she had been slapped in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to

make this groundbreaking announcement on the day of their wedding

was purely thrown in honor of his illegitimate son. He had only called her earlier to ask her to show up

she tried so hard to keep into some twisted