FLASH MARRIAGE; CHARMED BY THE RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE CEO-Chapter 268: Confronting Gwen 1

"If only wishes were horses..."

Amelia slowly tapped her freshly manicured nails on the table, each strike, sounding like a bullet hitting its mark. She lowered her gaze temporarily as if weighing a thought before looking up, her icy gaze enough to freeze an entire lake.

"But since I didn't come here to talk about my husband, I will pretend you didn't just call him a cold-blooded murderer. Six months can always change into six years or a lifetime behind bars in the blink of an eye."

"Are you threatening me?" Gwen looked up at the overhead camera and at the guard standing behind her as if to say, "I hope you guys are recording this conversation."

But the female guard seemed uninterested in Gwen's alarmed expression. She was too preoccupied, admiring the infamous Mrs Amelia Anderson who had been dominating social media space for challenging the security system of another country while defending her husband's innocence.

"Certainly not, dear step sister. I'm not the kind of woman who threatens people. I'm simply stating the fact. If you haven't noticed yet, you're speaking to Mrs Amelia Anderson. You should always choose your words carefully."

Gwen's heart started hammering in her chest as the thought of spending one more week behind bars with all those psychopaths caused her to break into a cold sweat.

If only 6 months can turn her into this fat, ugly duckling, who knew what six years would do to her and her unborn child.

"What do you want here?" Gwen spat out, a blend of anger and anxiety lacing her tone.

"Now you're talking." A wicked smirk curled up Amelia's lips.

"I came here to make a friendly proposition for the sake of peace. Since it has taken me a lot of hard work and dedication to get rid of all the filth in the Shawls mansion, I was thinking about permanently sending you away from this city to start up your life afresh and on a clean slate with your child."

Gwen scoffed. "You must be kidding, right?"

"Do you see me laughing?" Amelia maintained a straight face.

"I always knew you wanted me and Mum out of Dad's life. But guess what, after I leave this place, I am going straight home. I will live in that mansion and give birth to my child in that mansion. So you can shove your stinking proposition up your ass." Gwen's last statement was so loud that it caught the attention of those seated on either of her sides, including the female guard.

The inmates in booths two and four both scowled at Gwen before returning to their conversation.

When the female guard tried to caution Gwen about her rude statement, Amelia raised a finger and waved it, nonverbally asking the guard to stand down.

"You disappoint me again, Gwen." Amelia sighed as if broken by her words. "Unfortunately, I had no intention of making the same proposition twice. You just lost your chance of getting a little token from me. Now here are your options. Tomorrow, when Dad comes to check on you, you will tell him everything you know about Raquel Torres..."

Gwen's pupil dilated in shock, her chest tightening as if Amelia had just stabbed her. "How do you know my mom's real name."

Amelia completely ignored her as she continue talking into the phone mouthpiece.

"... You will tell him how an unholy union brought about your existence and how your real father forced his mistress into a happy home."

Gwen's hands began to tremble, with beads of sweat crowding her forehead. "Amelia, please, you can't make me do this. Remember Dad's heart condition. Such information will kill him."

Amelia sneered, "Point of correction, he is not your dad. You are not even a legitimate child of Matt Shawls. You are just a bastard child pretending to be a legitimate child. But it ends now. It's either you confess to Dad or you disappear completely like the coward that you are? Either way, Dad and Grandma will still find out the whole truth. Good day."

"Amelia..."

Amelia dropped the intercom before Gwen could plead her case. She turned around and left the visiting room while Gwen kept screaming like a deranged woman.

"Amelia, please... you can't do this to me. You can't do this to me... I am begging you..."

It took three female guards to drag Gwen out of the visiting room, with her screaming, kicking and trying to hurt herself.

Due to Gwen's unstable state after Amelia's visit, she was taken to the prison infirmary where she was kept sedated and monitored for the rest of the day.

Two hours after Amelia left the Nova correctional facility, Nora was approached by another inmate with a secret package.

Nora quickly stashed this small neatly wrapped package inside her panties and disappeared into the prison laundry section when the guards were not watching.

For a pregnant woman, Nora was very light on her feet and agile. The sound of multiple operational machines and workers chatting engulfed the entire large room.

No one seemed to notice Nora disappearing behind one of the automatic washing machines to her secret hideout. She was as stealthy as a prowling Jaguar and as quiet as a mouse.

Upon arriving at her location, Nora checked everywhere to ensure that no one was spying on her. She flash dialled a number and waited for the other person to call back.

After ten minutes, the phone vibrated and she quickly pressed the receive button.

"You better have a good reason for calling." An angry male voice echoed from the other end.

"Amelia was here and from the Intel I gathered, she's planning to expose Gwen's real paternity to the Senator."

"I'll take care of that. Anything else?" The male voice appeared more chiller and vicious.

"Are you still arranging to get me out of this place once Gwen is released?"

"Just stick to the initial schedule. Everything has been arranged. Now, get rid of this phone."

The call instantly disconnected.

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For the past three weeks since Nana Shawls' arrival to the city, Amelia had been under constant pressure to forgive her family.

Although Nana Shawls was no longer antagonizing her, the latter wouldn't let her rest. She was always calling on the phone and crying, begging Amelia to forgive her uncle and stepmother for their crime against her.

Even her father seemed to agree with his mother, after entertaining a series of pressure from Desmond's wife and extended family.

They bargained that Desmond, Regina and Pearl's sentencing be reduced to nine months and Matt's, to one year.

But Amelia was completely against this idea. She refused to consider even when her dad tried preaching forgiveness and issuing her a check for one-eighth of everything stolen from her.

At the moment, the Shawls family was threatening to pull apart and with her father being on the receiving end, Amelia felt completely lost.

However, after speaking extensively to Blaze over the phone, Amelia decided it was time for her father to know the real story behind Matt's treachery, Regina's infidelity and Gwen's paternity.

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