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?” 

Catelyn forced herself to look away from

and teased, “Say whatever you

her lip wordlessly

mused to himself, ‘This woman was so aggressive that night from two months ago, and

money from Master Jamie because your family went bankrupt? It’s okay if he doesn’t want to, I will. But let’s

he came over to tug at Catelyn’s

before her eyes, and she was instantly overwhelmed

“Uurgh—!” 

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

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

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

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

you pregnant?” Jamie glanced at Catelyn’s

her wrist, yet she managed to squeeze

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 know the consequences.”

‘I must have been blind to have

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

glance at Jamie’s darkened expression before

do from here onward? Should she truly

not grow up with a mother, her father having raised her on his own. Though her stepmother

ironically saw fit to make her pregnant when her

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

a commercial popped up on the large screen

clear voice, she said, “This just came

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

No. 520, the gardenia perfume, and the

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

back to the time when she was still the princess of the Clark Family. She would have bought this perfume for the creative concept behind it, because

the length to collect