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?” 

I need to talk to you about.” Catelyn forced herself to look

teased, “Say whatever you have to say here!”

her lip wordlessly and stared

aggressive that night from two months ago, and now she is

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

he spoke, he came over to

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

“Uurgh—!” 

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

on purpose?!” Furious, the man moved to

already weak from the pregnancy and had no means to dodge the assault. She closed her eyes to brace herself for the slap, when Jamie stood up

he flung her toward the handrail, which

Jamie glanced at Catelyn’s

her wrist, yet she managed to squeeze a stubborn reply,

in a sarcastic, cold tone, “You’re just a lady without a penny to your name, and my wife has to be a lady

been blind to have agreed to marry him in the

and frustration rose within her, and she took out a hundred-dollar bill before throwing it at Jamie’s face furiously. “Have you ever seen a client who hires a prostitute to keep the baby?

a second glance at Jamie’s darkened expression before starting to wander on the street.

Should she truly get rid of

with a mother, her father

saw fit to make her pregnant when her father went

at the moving crowd walking past her in joy, anxiety, or no emotion at all, she slowly came to a decision.

popped up

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

designed for a woman who appeared in Room 520, who also loved the

introduction, the screen switched to a demonstration of No.

that symbolizes ‘I love you’ in some

She would have bought this perfume for the creative concept behind it, because she had loved gardenia flowers since she was young.

went the length to collect all kinds