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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.

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

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

vanished, and his

a little strained. She felt somewhat untethered, even though her footsteps

adorable little boy

be around two years old, and he was an

was looking down at the little boy

child out of Anthony’s arms. If one did not know better, one would have assumed from their

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was none other than Rosalie

believe she’s back!‘ Genevieve

earlier had both Anthony’s and Rosalie’s facial features. Genevieve would be

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

mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to, and she went abroad

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

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

on, he made her believe in love at first sight.

returning to the country, Genevieve had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so she could get closer

long since forgotten

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

someday.

a year, she managed to become

that, Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant.

that he discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor

time Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal

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 you

pause in thought before

he couldn’t care

that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was coming true.

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

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

her confidence and determination were destroyed at

a single glance. “Thank you all for attending the second birthday 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

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

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

clearly.

illegitimate child in front of those reporters

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

the mother.

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slapped in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could feel her face getting hot.

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

in front of her had turned the marriage she tried so hard to keep into some

look. He appeared to be waiting for

ruse.

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