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.

silhouette and defined features making him stand out from

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

smile vanished, and his handsome face returned to

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

an adorable

be around two years old, and he was an exact

was looking down at the little boy with an affectionate

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

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other than Rosalie

back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

Genevieve would be remiss to think that the little

palms right now, she was sure

mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to,

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

him for a while, as he had

moment on, he made her believe in love at

had deliberately found work at Hoffman Group just so

long since forgotten

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

someday.

become the chief secretary

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

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

approached Genevieve about

her if she had any

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to donate her bone marrow, but not in exchange for money. Suppressing her anxiousness,

pause in thought before

couldn’t care less about who

her dream of becoming

becoming the topic of unkind conversations. It was as though

Genevieve never once regretted marrying him.

choice. She had been so sure that he

her confidence and determination were destroyed at

Anthony silenced the entire room with 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 opportunity today to officially clarify that he is, indeed, mine

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

the door had yet to disperse, so they naturally heard Anthony’s

clearly.

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

that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve

the mother.

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in public, and the stinging

make this groundbreaking announcement on the day of

then 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

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

He appeared to be waiting for her to play along with

ruse.