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?” 

for a bit. There’s something I need to talk to you about.” Catelyn forced herself to look away from the filthy sight before her and stood there expressionlessly like a statue.

and teased, “Say whatever you have

her lip wordlessly and stared at

was so aggressive that night from two months ago, and now

are you trying to borrow money from Master Jamie because your family went bankrupt?

he spoke, he came over to tug at Catelyn’s clothes.

two months ago flashed before her eyes, and she was instantly overwhelmed by

“Uurgh—!” 

at his chest with no regard to her appearance

that on purpose?!” Furious, the man moved to

She closed her eyes to brace herself for the slap, when Jamie stood up abruptly to stop the man before dragging Catelyn toward the

on the deck, he flung her toward the handrail,

you pregnant?” Jamie glanced at Catelyn’s

he was crushing the bones on her wrist,

before continuing in 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 should

to have agreed to marry him in the

hundred-dollar bill before throwing it at Jamie’s face furiously. “Have you ever seen a client who hires

ship without a second glance at Jamie’s darkened expression

do from here onward? Should she truly get rid of

up with a mother, her father having raised her on his own. Though her stepmother treated her fine, it was

this moment, the gods ironically saw fit to make

a long while. As she stared at the moving crowd

up on the large screen

anchor held the microphone, and in a clear voice, she said, “This just came in: Mason

concept behind it, the designer claims that it was specifically designed for a woman who

switched to a demonstration of No. 520,

It’s a date that symbolizes ‘I love

bought this perfume for the creative concept

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