Our Billion-Worth Twins by Velvet Antler

“Congratulations.” The doctor handed the ultrasound scan result to Catelyn. “You’re eight weeks pregnant!” 

Catelyn paled as though she had been struck by lightning. Refusing to accept it, she asked, “Could there be a mistake, Doctor?” 

“The sample of your urine shows that you are positive, and there couldn’t possibly be a mistake,” the doctor answered firmly. “Besides, your insomnia and postponed menstruation couldn’t be faked, could they?” 

Catelyn’s mind went blank, her hands shivering as she grabbed onto the scan result. 

She got pregnant, under the circumstances of her family’s decline and the Mason family’s withdrawal from the arranged marriage. 

It was from that time with Jamie two months ago… It was Jamie’s child. 

The doctor seemed to be used to this sort of situation and reminded her kindly, “If you choose to do an abortion, I suggest that you do so as early as possible. Nonetheless, you’re having twins, which rarely happens, so it’s best to discuss with the father whether to keep them or otherwise.” 

… 

Catelyn did not even remember how she left the hospital. 

Two months ago, her father was involved in a car accident, and the car fell into the river with him in it. Jamie took her that night but did not help the Clark family afterward. 

Instinctively, she knew that Jamie’s response to this would be to have her get an abortion, but she was responsible for two lives. 

Hope, however frail, rose within her as she was reluctant to take away these two lives. 

However, when she arrived on the cruise ship Jamie was on and saw all the beautiful women on deck clinging onto the men, her heart froze. 

“Master Jamie, here comes your fiancé,” one of the men teased inside the private room. 

Jamie shoved the young model in his arms away as his lips curled into a sarcastic sneer. “Catelyn Clark?” 

about.” Catelyn forced herself to look

and teased, “Say whatever you have to say

her lip wordlessly and

himself, ‘This woman was so aggressive that night from two months ago, and now she is

because your family went bankrupt? It’s okay if he doesn’t want to, I will. But let’s get those clothes of yours

over to tug at Catelyn’s clothes.

ago flashed before her eyes, and she was instantly overwhelmed

“Uurgh—!” 

man’s hand moved toward her, Catelyn vomited at his chest with no regard to her

Furious, the man moved to slap her.

the assault. She closed her eyes to brace

they arrived on the deck, he flung her toward the handrail, which shot sharp pain

at

on her wrist, yet she managed

a sarcastic, cold tone, “You’re just a lady without a penny to your name, and my wife has to be a lady from a powerful family. If I find out that you are secretly pregnant with my child, you

been blind to have agreed to marry

“Have you ever seen a client who hires

done, Catelyn left the cruise ship without a second glance at Jamie’s darkened expression before starting to

from here onward? Should she truly get rid

tears slid down her cheeks, knowing she did not have the heart to even do that. She did not grow up with a mother, her father having raised her on his own. Though her stepmother treated her

ironically saw fit to make her pregnant when her

on a branch in the square dazedly for a long while. As she stared at the moving crowd walking past her in joy, anxiety, or no emotion at

she got up, a commercial popped up on the large screen

and in a clear voice, she said, “This just came in:

behind it, the designer claims that it was specifically designed for a woman who appeared in Room 520, who also loved the scent of

anchor’s introduction, the screen switched to a demonstration of No. 520, the gardenia perfume, and the package

a date that symbolizes ‘I love you’ in some cultures. How romantic…’ pondered Catelyn.

thought back to the time when she was still the princess of the Clark Family. She would have bought this perfume for the creative concept behind it, because she had

and be patient, and her father even went the length to collect all kinds of perfume