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?” 

bit. There’s something I need to talk to you about.” Catelyn forced herself to look away from the filthy

teased, “Say whatever

wordlessly

so aggressive that night from two months ago,

Catelyn’s direction with a mysterious smile. “Miss Clark, are you trying to borrow money from Master Jamie because your family went bankrupt? It’s okay if he doesn’t want to, I will. But let’s get those clothes of yours off, huh? It’s just a hot day to

spoke, he came over

flashed before her eyes, and she was instantly overwhelmed by the

“Uurgh—!” 

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

that on purpose?!” Furious, the man moved

no means to dodge the assault. She closed her eyes to brace herself for the slap, when

he flung her toward the handrail, which shot sharp pain up her

Jamie glanced at Catelyn’s stomach and gritted

felt as though he was crushing the bones on her wrist, yet she managed to

to your name, and my wife has

have agreed to

throwing it at Jamie’s face furiously. “Have you ever seen a client who hires a prostitute to keep the baby? Here’s your tip, and keep it! That’s all you’re worth!

she was done, Catelyn left the cruise ship without a second glance at Jamie’s darkened

Should

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

this moment, the gods ironically saw fit to make her pregnant when her father went

she stared at the moving crowd walking past her in joy, anxiety,

she got up, a commercial popped up on the

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

specifically designed for a woman who appeared in Room 520, who also

the screen switched to a demonstration of No. 520, the gardenia perfume, and the package was incredibly glorious.

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

have bought

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