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.

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

from him when he looked up

instant, his smile vanished, and his handsome face

her smile grew a little strained. She

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

boy appeared to be around two years old, and he was an

the meantime, Anthony was looking down at the little boy with an affectionate gaze, exuding elegance and gentleness.

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 would have assumed from their rapport that they had been

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none other

she’s back!‘ Genevieve pondered in

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

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

his mother, Quincey Hoffman, paid her to,

so devastated that he began fooling around among different women, presumably to spite his

been in love with him for a while, as he had

that moment on, he made her believe in love at first

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

had long since

herself stand

someday.

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

fell seriously ill and was in urgent need

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

was the first time Anthony approached Genevieve about a personal matter.

patiently asked her if she had any conditions for donating

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

thought before he

like he couldn’t care less about who

the other hand, had been elated that her dream of becoming Mrs. Hoffman was coming

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

this, Genevieve never once regretted

Anthony that he had made the right choice. She had been so sure that

confidence and determination were destroyed

the stage impassively, 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 and my wife’s son.”

listened to Anthony’s speech. All the color had

reporters by the door had yet to disperse,

clearly.

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

show that the child was indeed his, but Genevieve

the mother.

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public, and the

groundbreaking announcement on the day of their

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

turned the marriage she tried so hard to

long look. He appeared to be

ruse.