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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.

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

exchanging pleasantries with someone standing across from him

vanished, and his handsome face returned to looking dispassionate.

a little strained. She felt

was because she spotted an adorable

years old, and he

meantime, Anthony was looking down at the little boy with an

child out of Anthony’s arms.

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woman was none other than Rosalie Stewart.

believe she’s back!‘

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

she was

ago, Rosalie broke up with Anthony after his mother, Quincey Hoffman,

at the time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling

him for a while, as he had rescued her from a kidnapping

on, he made her believe in love at

deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so she could

had long since

she could only work harder to make herself stand out so

someday.

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

and was in urgent need of a bone

a health check–up that he discovered Genevieve was

Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal

if she had any conditions

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

made Anthony pause in thought

like he couldn’t care less about who

elated that her dream of becoming Mrs.

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

Genevieve never once regretted marrying

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

determination were

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 opportunity today to officially clarify that he is, indeed, mine and my wife’s son.”

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

to disperse, so they

clearly.

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

only went to show that the child was indeed

the mother.

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Genevieve felt as if she had been slapped in public, and the stinging pain spread from head to toe. She could feel her

make things worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement

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

she

look. He appeared to be waiting for her to play along

ruse.

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