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

and teased, “Say whatever you have to say

bit her lip wordlessly and

aggressive that night from

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

he came over

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

“Uurgh—!” 

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

Furious, the man moved to slap

was 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 abruptly to stop the man before dragging Catelyn toward the deck angrily.

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

Jamie glanced at Catelyn’s stomach and

crushing the bones on her wrist, yet she managed to squeeze a

my wife has to be a lady from a powerful

been blind to have agreed to

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

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

could she do from here onward? Should she truly get rid of the twins?

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

fit to make her pregnant

stared at the moving crowd walking past

she got up, a commercial popped up on the

voice, she said, “This just came in: Mason Group has launched

designer claims that it was specifically designed for a woman

a demonstration of No. 520, the gardenia perfume,

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

the princess of the Clark Family. She would have bought this perfume

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