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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

smile vanished, and his

froze the next second, and her smile grew a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her

was because she spotted an adorable

he was an

looking down at the little boy with an affectionate gaze,

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 have assumed from their rapport that they had been married

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woman was none other than

can’t believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered in shock.

little boy from earlier had both Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be remiss to

into her palms right now, she was sure she would have lost

after his mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to, and she went abroad after that.

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

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

that moment on, he made her believe in

had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just

he had long since

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

someday.

half a year, she managed to become the

after that, Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and

he discovered Genevieve was a compatible

Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal matter.

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

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exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had said tentatively to him, “I’ll do it if

Anthony pause in thought

couldn’t care less

that her dream of

she was married to Anthony, she was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming

this, Genevieve never once regretted marrying

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

determination were destroyed

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

All the color had drained from her face,

door had yet to disperse,

clearly.

an illegitimate child in front of those

went to show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve was not

the mother.

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in public, and the stinging pain spread

make things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement

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

scene in front of her had turned the marriage she

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