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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 himself in

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

an instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face

her smile grew a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though

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

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

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

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 have assumed from their rapport that

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other than Rosalie

believe she’s back!‘

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

were not digging into her palms right now, she was

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

was so devastated that he began fooling around among different women, presumably

in love with him for a while, as he had rescued her

he made her

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

since forgotten who she was.

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

someday.

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

younger sister fell seriously ill and was in

he discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor

time Anthony approached

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

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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 you

thought

care

elated that her dream of

becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was

this, Genevieve never once regretted marrying him.

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

all her confidence and determination were

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,

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

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

clearly.

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

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

the mother.

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had been slapped in public, and the stinging pain spread from

groundbreaking announcement on the day of

probably forgotten it was their wedding anniversary, and this welcome party was purely thrown

tears clouded her vision. The scene in front of her had turned the marriage she

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