Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 578

Chapter 578: The Call Exposed

After fifteen minutes, the people present were growing restless.

They had been invited by the Reid Group as reporters, but now the press conference couldn’t continue, they weren’t allowed to leave, and they weren’t even allowed to call the police. Instead, they were being held here against their will.

They were journalists, not criminals. What was the Reid Family thinking?

Some had already voiced objections. Daniel was sweating profusely. He knew he couldn’t let the reporters leave, and even more so, he couldn’t let the events here leak out.

"You all signed confidentiality agreements. The Reid Family Group may not be what it once was, but dealing with a few reporters is more than easy enough!"

The reporters rolled their eyes, muttering under their breath.

"So Reid Family Group doesn’t let us report freely, and yet they still invite us? Do they just want us to write puff pieces for them?"

"Today Reid Chairman and Amelia tried both soft and hard tactics, clearly wanting Mr. Reid to give in and agree to a business marriage with Miss Paula. But instead of sealing the deal, they exposed half the Reid Family’s dirty laundry. If this goes public, people will start doubting whether Mr. Reid is even Amelia’s biological son. Of course the Reids don’t want that."

"Still, they can’t just lock us in here. Owen getting kidnapped has nothing to do with us."

The reporters all felt their trip today was wasted, their time squandered.

Just as the complaints grew louder, the giant screen in the hall flickered. Suddenly, a new image appeared.

"What’s going on? Technical failure? Where is this camera feed coming from?"

Sure enough, the screen was now showing the inside of a lounge. The lounge cameras were tied into the central system, so perhaps the signals had crossed, accidentally displaying another room’s feed.

The assistant was about to call the control room when someone exclaimed—

"Wait, look! Doesn’t that person look familiar?"

"They kind of do... wait, isn’t that Amelia?"

Amelia? What was she doing in the lounge?

Daniel immediately realized this was bad and ordered the control room to cut the feed. But before the call even went through, Amelia’s voice blasted through the speakers in the hall—

"What do you want? Let Owen go!"

It really was Amelia!

Every word, every gesture Amelia made in the lounge was broadcast live onto the giant screen, plain for everyone to see.

Daniel’s heart sank. Some things absolutely couldn’t be exposed. He rushed to shut down the feed—

But it was impossible.

Panic washed over him. Someone was targeting them, he could feel it in his bones. He quickly moved to head toward the lounge to stop Amelia from saying anything further.

But from the side, two bodyguards slipped out of the shadows, gripping Daniel’s shoulders where the others couldn’t see.

"Chairman Reid, where are you going?"

"The show’s just begun. You’re the main character—how could you leave?"

"Who are you? Who the hell are you?!"

"Chairman Reid, no need to panic. Sit down and behave."

...

Ten minutes earlier, inside the lounge.

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