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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.

standing not too far away from the scene, his muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from

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

his smile vanished, and his handsome face returned

strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps seemed to be

an adorable little boy in Anthony’s arms.

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

was looking down at the little boy with an affectionate gaze, exuding elegance and gentleness.

to take the child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their rapport that they had been married for years.

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was none other

she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered in shock.

boy from earlier had both Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be remiss to think that the little boy had no relation to Anthony

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

broke up with Anthony after his mother, Quincey Hoffman,

time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling around among different women, presumably to spite

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

he made her believe in love at first

Genevieve had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just

had long since forgotten who she

she could only work harder to make herself stand out so

someday.

to become the chief secretary of his

younger sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent need of

that he discovered Genevieve was a

approached

if she had any conditions for donating

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

Anthony pause in thought before he replied

like he couldn’t care less about who he married.

that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman

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

never once

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 her.

all her confidence and determination were destroyed at this

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

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

reporters by the door had yet to

clearly.

child in front of those reporters earlier, only for him to

went to show that the child was indeed his,

the mother.

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been slapped in public, and the stinging pain

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

this welcome party was purely thrown in honor of his illegitimate son. He had only called her earlier to

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

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