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.” 

voice on purpose as though they were afraid that Catelyn might not

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

where there were people, there would

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 to her before. If she could survive that, she could not possibly allow herself to be defeated by

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

herself regardless and went to knock on Manager Norman’s door.

need me for

a man in his forties with a beer belly and his hair thinning

was a relative to the Atherton family, and his status in the company was unmoveable.

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

couch and pointed at his side. “Come take a seat.”

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

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

the rumors started, but those are all nothing but gossip. Rest assured, Sir, that this won’t affect my work,” Catelyn

 

your job, and you just need an opportunity to climb up the ladder.

clearer, and

accidentally seen her right after she had taken a bath. The

was instantly stunned. Ever since then, he had

because he was married, he could not act too boldly in the office.

taken from Catelyn at the direct order of Cedrick Mason, so

him of it and said, “Thank you for believing in me,

you have to take it the hard way,

on taking any

rumors of yours had brought terrible influence to this company, and

point to pause as his expression grew smug and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you wish to dispute, you’ll do

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