Chapter 1

“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.

was standing not too far away from the scene, his muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried himself in his

someone standing across from him when

and his handsome face returned to

strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her

adorable

years old, and he was an exact replica of Anthony, albeit a smaller

Anthony was looking down at the little boy with an

of Anthony’s arms. If one did not

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other than Rosalie

back!‘ Genevieve pondered in shock.

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

she was sure she would have lost control

after his mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to, and

that he began fooling around among different women, presumably to spite

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

moment on, he made her

Genevieve had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group

he had long since forgotten who

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

someday.

managed to become the chief secretary

ill and was in urgent need of a bone marrow

he discovered Genevieve

Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal matter.

she had any conditions for donating her bone marrow.

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

in thought before he replied nonchalantly,

like he couldn’t care less about who he

had been elated that her dream

sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it was only natural that Anthony dumped her one

never once regretted marrying

She had been so sure that he would come to notice

all her confidence and determination were destroyed at this

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 and my

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

to disperse,

clearly.

illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only for

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

the mother.

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in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could

make things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement on the day

was then 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 son. He

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

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