Submitting To My Billionaire Ex-Wife by Allison Mild

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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.

him when he looked up

and his handsome face returned

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

she spotted an adorable little boy in

two years old, and he was an exact

down at the little boy with an affectionate gaze, exuding elegance

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

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woman was none other than

back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

be remiss to think that the little boy had no relation to Anthony at all!

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

Anthony after his mother, Quincey Hoffman,

betrayed by his girlfriend at the time, Anthony was so devastated that he began fooling around among different women,

for a while, as he had rescued

made her

deliberately found work at Hoffman Group

long since forgotten who she

she could only work harder to make herself

someday.

a year, she managed to become

after that, Anthony’s younger sister fell seriously ill and was in urgent need

a health check–up that he discovered Genevieve was a compatible bone. marrow donor

Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal

her if she had

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

pause in thought before

he couldn’t care less about who

the other hand, had been elated that her dream of becoming

to Anthony, she was mocked, insulted, and sidelined by those around her, becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though it

Genevieve never once regretted marrying him.

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 love with

confidence and determination were

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

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

door had yet to disperse, so they naturally heard

clearly.

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

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

the mother.

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if she had been slapped in public, and the stinging pain

worse, Anthony chose to make this groundbreaking announcement

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

The scene in front of her had turned the marriage she tried so hard to

Anthony a long look. He appeared to be waiting for her

ruse.