Our Billion-Worth Twins by Velvet Antler

Chapter 19

 
 
Tears welled up in Miles’s beautiful, dark eyes. He pursed his lips as despair filled his innocent-looking face. 

 

Had Catelyn truly abandoned him? She even stopped answering the calls… 

At that moment, he looked around the house he was in. It was a cage with guards, everything felt cold, and he was suddenly overwhelmed by fear. 

He desperately wanted to see Catelyn again and was far from wanting to remain cooped up in his place. He had to get out. 

He sniffled and quickly wiped away his tears. 

Crying was for the weak, and he had to be strong enough to protect his mother. 

… 

Catelyn had prepared breakfast and called Ollie out for the meal. 

The boy did so with composure, and no one could tell that he was not Miles at all. Catelyn did not think much of it and simply sent him off to the kindergarten like usual. Before leaving, she even gave him a peck, to which the boy blushed shyly. 

… 

The moment she arrived at BrightGene, she could distinctly sense that everyone was staring at her oddly. 

“So she’s the daughter of a murderer?” 

“We never heard anything about it before, but I guess the Mason family ran some checks on her background for trying to get closer to the young master, and she ended up being put back to her place.” 

“Isn’t that right? The Masons are now saying that they don’t want her designing the young master’s birthday mansion…” 

“Heh! Don’t run your mouths like that, look at how upset she’s getting.” 

and someone even raised their voice on purpose as though

the position of head designer, after all, and there had always been other women in the office who were envious of her looks. They had gotten the information that she used to be a lady of the Clark family from certain sources and naturally felt like teasing Catelyn about it now that she had to work for

been quite popular in the office, but where there were people, there would

the Clark family declined four years ago. What her colleagues were saying could not even begin to compare with what those loan sharks said to

over and knocked on Catelyn’s desk. “Catelyn, Manager Norman is asking

disgust but collected herself regardless and went to knock

Norman, you need

man in his forties with a beer belly and his hair thinning out at the top. When he looked at Catelyn,

was a relative to the Atherton

as she was told and closed the door while Manager Norman shut the curtains, turning the spacious office into a closed quarter with only the two of them in it.

couch and pointed at his side. “Come take a

inwardly with chills running down her spine. She stood still and said, “Please say what you need to say,

her body. He swallowed heavily and drawled, “Everyone is

but gossip. Rest assured, Sir, that this won’t affect my work,” Catelyn promised. She

 

always been excellent at your job, and you just need an opportunity to climb up the ladder. If only you’re willing to make some sacrifices, I’ll make sure that I give you

meaning behind them could not have been clearer, and all the hair on Catelyn’s skin stood in response.

she was forced to go on a business trip with Manager Norman, and he had accidentally seen her right after she had taken a bath. The client at the time wanted a document, and she was in too much of a hurry to put on any makeup, so

Ever since then, he had

not act too boldly in

the direct order

said, “Thank you for believing in me, but I’m far too unworthy of

the hard way, then you

sorry, but I don’t intend on taking any way at all.”

palm against the table before barking, “Those rumors of yours had brought terrible influence to this company, and in accordance with the discussion within management levels,

to pause as his expression grew smug and cast her a wretched

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