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?” 

something I need to talk to you about.” Catelyn forced herself to look away from the filthy sight before

an eyebrow and teased, “Say whatever you

her lip wordlessly and stared at

woman was so aggressive that night

whistled in 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

came over

eyes, and she was instantly overwhelmed

“Uurgh—!” 

toward her, Catelyn vomited at his chest with no regard to her appearance and instantly caused a mess.

Furious, the man moved

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

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

Jamie glanced at Catelyn’s stomach

on her wrist, yet

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

to have

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

the cruise ship without a second glance at Jamie’s darkened expression before starting to wander on the

here onward? Should

did not grow up with a mother, her father having raised her on his own. Though her stepmother treated her fine, it was not the same.

ironically saw fit to

in the square dazedly for a long while. As she stared at the moving crowd walking past her in

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

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

for a woman who appeared

anchor’s introduction, the screen switched to a demonstration of No. 520,

It’s a date that symbolizes ‘I love you’

of the Clark Family. She would have bought this perfume

father even went the length to collect all