Pregnant and Spoiled by the Billionaire – Episode 32
Regina’s demand connected two enemies Amelia had believed separate. Jason Wallis had assaulted her at the bar, and Leo’s withdrawal of investment nearly destroyed his father’s company. Now Regina was using stolen medical information to bargain for Wallis Enterprises, suggesting her revenge had financial backing.
Leo called the police detective who handled Celeste’s arrest and placed the message into evidence. Paying Regina was never considered. Restoring the investment would reward extortion and return power to the family that had protected Jason from consequences for years.
Amelia asked why Regina cared about Wallis Enterprises. Derek’s search supplied the answer: Regina’s father had guaranteed a large portion of the company’s debt. The Vales stood to lose property, status, and political influence if Ian Wallis defaulted. Regina’s hatred of Amelia had become useful to both families.
The clinic confirmed an unauthorized login to Amelia’s patient portal. The intruder used credentials belonging to a nurse who had reported her password stolen weeks earlier. Security logs traced the access through several foreign servers, but the downloaded files matched the images Regina possessed.
Leo wanted to transfer Amelia’s care to a private hospital owned by a trusted foundation. Her specialist warned that changing teams midway through a quintuplet pregnancy carried its own risks. Amelia chose to remain with the doctors who knew her case, provided the clinic rebuilt access controls and restricted her records.
Her decision frustrated Leo because it left a vulnerability he could not purchase away. He began listing additional guards, encrypted devices, and alternate routes to appointments. Amelia listened until his planning crossed into deciding where she could go without her agreement.
“You are doing it again,” she said. Leo stopped. The criticism no longer provoked defensiveness, but it still hurt because he knew exactly what she meant. Protecting five unborn children intensified every instinct that once made him confuse control with care.
They revised the plan together. Amelia accepted secure transportation and temporary limits on public events. In exchange, she retained access to her classes, medical team, and communications. Every measure would be reviewed weekly instead of becoming an indefinite prison built from concern.
Matilda offered the country estate, where roads could be monitored more easily than the penthouse. Amelia declined to disappear from the city before her doctors required it. She wanted the babies safe, but she also wanted to recognize her own life when the crisis ended.
Regina published a second article that afternoon. It implied the pregnancy resulted from an expensive fertility procedure designed to produce male heirs, even though no evidence supported the claim. Comments accused Amelia of risking children’s lives to secure Leo’s fortune.
The lie struck at the most frightening truth: carrying five babies was dangerous. Amelia had discussed every medical option with specialists after the diagnosis and chosen continued close monitoring. Those conversations involved probabilities, maternal risk, and outcomes too intimate to become entertainment. Regina transformed that private, painful decision into a calculated publicity stunt, inviting strangers to judge a choice whose consequences Amelia alone carried in her body.
Leo’s attorneys prepared claims for extortion, invasion of privacy, and unlawful access to medical records. Yet the scandal site hosted its servers abroad and presented Regina as a protected source rather than an employee. Legal action would be slow while the story spread instantly.
Amelia refused to answer the fertility accusation with reproductive details. “If I prove how the babies were conceived, I teach the public that they have a right to ask,” she said. Her statement instead condemned the theft of medical information and requested privacy for five developing children.
The response gained support from patient-rights organizations. Physicians warned that sensational coverage could discourage vulnerable patients from seeking care, while legal advocates explained why stolen records remained private even when the patient was famous. Survivors who had used the campus center shared Amelia’s words without exposing their own histories. For several hours, the narrative shifted from gossip toward consent.
Then Ian Wallis called Leo directly. He denied ordering the leak but offered to make Regina cooperate if Preston Group restored funding. The distinction between arranging extortion and profiting from it meant little.
Leo placed the call on speaker with Amelia’s permission. Ian described Jason’s attack as a youthful mistake that should not destroy thousands of jobs. Amelia heard no apology for the woman his son had tried to buy, only concern for the empire that enabled him.
“Your company is failing because you protected criminal behavior and concealed debt,” Leo said. “Amelia did not cause that, and neither did my refusal to subsidize it.” Ian warned that investors might view Leo’s personal scandal differently once all the records became public.
After the call, Derek discovered unusual trading in Preston Group shares. Someone had taken a large short position hours before Regina’s first post, expecting the company price to fall. The purchase ran through a fund associated with Ian Wallis.
The extortion was larger than a demand for restored investment. Wallis intended to profit from each damaging release while creating pressure on Leo’s board. Amelia realized her pregnancy had become a weapon aimed at thousands of employees.
A final message arrived from Regina: withdraw the police complaint and announce the Wallis partnership by noon, or she would publish Amelia’s complete file. The attachment contained the hospital address, the names of all five specialists, and a photograph of Leo’s car taken outside their current location.