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.” 

their voice on purpose as though they were afraid that Catelyn might not hear her.

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 BrightGene.

popular in the office, but where there were people, there would be gossip and conflicts.

to hearing malicious comments since the Clark family declined four years ago. What her colleagues were saying could not even begin to compare with what those loan

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

collected herself regardless and

you need me

something I need to speak to you about.” Manager Norman was a man in his forties with a beer

relative to the Atherton family, and

Manager Norman shut the curtains, turning the spacious office into a closed quarter with only

at his side. “Come take a

with chills running down her spine. She stood still and

body. He swallowed heavily and

not sure where the rumors started, but those are all nothing but gossip. Rest assured, Sir, that this won’t affect my work,” Catelyn promised. She really needed the job.

 

the ladder. If only you’re willing to make some sacrifices, I’ll make sure that I give you back the project for Young Master Mason’s

clearer, and all the hair on Catelyn’s skin stood in

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

stunned. Ever since then, he had never ceased dropping creepy hints at her.

was married, he could not act too boldly in

at the direct order of

said, “Thank you for believing in

you have to take it the hard way,

I don’t intend on taking any way

yours had brought terrible influence to this company, and in accordance with the

expression grew smug and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you wish to dispute,

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