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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.

away from the scene, his muscular, upright silhouette and defined features making him stand out from the crowd. He carried himself in his usual aloof

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

an instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome

next second, and her smile grew a little strained. She felt

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

around two years old, and he was an exact

at the little boy with an affectionate gaze,

a 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

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none other than Rosalie Stewart.

can’t believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve

would be remiss to think that

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

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

the time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling

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

he made her believe in love at first sight.

work at Hoffman Group just so she could get closer

long since forgotten who she

harder to make herself stand out so that he would

someday.

half a year, she managed to become the chief

fell seriously ill and was

health check–up that he discovered Genevieve

time Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal

if she had any

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but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness, she had

made Anthony pause in thought before he replied nonchalantly, “Okay.”

like he couldn’t care less about who he

her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was coming

and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as

Genevieve never once

that time would prove 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 in

and 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

intense buzzing in Genevieve’s ears as she listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color

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

clearly.

she had firmly denied Anthony having an illegitimate child in front of those reporters earlier, only for him to contradict her

to show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve

the mother.

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and the stinging pain spread from head to

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement on the

probably forgotten it was their wedding anniversary, and this welcome party was purely thrown in honor of his illegitimate son. He

marriage she tried so hard to keep into some twisted joke

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