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.” 

were gossiping, and someone even raised their voice on purpose as though

been removed from 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

quite popular in the office, but where there

not bother herself over it and went on with her day, having gotten used 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 sharks said

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

in disgust but collected herself regardless and went

need me

need to speak to you about.” Manager Norman was a man in his forties with a beer belly and his hair thinning out at the top. When

relative to the Atherton family, and his status in

Norman shut the curtains, turning the spacious office into a closed quarter with only the two of them

and pointed at

he mean I should simply sit there, or that I’d sit and get harassed?’ seethed Catelyn inwardly with chills running down her spine. She stood still and said, “Please say what you

He swallowed heavily and drawled, “Everyone is gossiping about you today in the office. I suppose you’ve

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

 

climb up the ladder. If only you’re willing

them could not have been clearer, and all the hair on Catelyn’s

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

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

was married, he could not act too

for Young Master Mason’s birthday mansion was taken from Catelyn at the direct order of Cedrick

of it and said, “Thank you for believing in me, but I’m far

have to take it the hard way, then you won’t end

but I don’t intend on taking any

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

his expression grew smug and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you wish

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