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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.

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

standing across from him when

and his handsome face returned to looking

and her smile grew a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps seemed to be

an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

boy appeared to be around two years old, and he was an exact replica of Anthony, albeit a

looking down at the little boy with an affectionate

this moment to take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their rapport

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woman was none other than Rosalie

back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

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

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

broke up with Anthony after his mother, Quincey

time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling around among

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

moment on, he made her believe

at Hoffman Group just so she could

long since forgotten

make herself stand out so that he would

someday.

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

Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent

Genevieve was a compatible bone.

the first time Anthony approached

if she had any conditions for donating

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

pause in thought before he replied nonchalantly,

he couldn’t care less

her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was

three years she was married to Anthony, she was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it was only natural that Anthony dumped her

this, Genevieve never once regretted marrying him.

perfect wife and that time would prove to Anthony that he had made the right choice. She

and determination were destroyed at this moment.

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

ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color had drained from her face, and she looked up at him stiffly.

had yet to disperse, so they

clearly.

child in front of those

that the child was indeed his, but

the mother.

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the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could feel her

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement on

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 had only called her earlier to ask her to show up here and nothing more.

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

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