Chapter 36: The Evil Plot Continues

It was seven a.m., and Charles was still sleeping peacefully on his bed when his small alarm clock started ringing for the third time. Stretching out his hand, he tapped the clock, and immediately it stopped ringing. With that, he used the blanket on the bed and covered himself properly before dozing off once again. A few minutes after he dozed off, his phone started ringing, jolting him up again. Sighing heavily, he took his phone and, with sleepy eyes, checked the caller ID, which was Adrian. Sighing heavily, he picked up the call and activated the loudspeaker before keeping the phone beside him on the bed. "Good morning, man, how are you?" Charles asked him with a sleepy tone. "I'm good, bro; don't tell me you were still sleeping till this time," Adrian said to him. "Of course I was still sleeping; if not for your call, I would still be asleep, or is there a reason for me not to be asleep?" Charles asked him. "No, of course; after all, you are the CEO, and you can come to work whenever you want, but right now, there's a reason why you shouldn't be asleep," Adrian said to him. "And what is this reason?" Charles asked him over the phone. "Long into your social media handle, and you will see it," Adrian said to him. "Is that necessary? Can't you just tell me what it is?" Charles asked him. "You can go back to sleep; whenever you are awake, you can take a look at it. As for me, I'm already on my way to work; I'm not like you, who come whenever he wants," Adrian said to him before hanging up. "Whatever," Charles said to himself before flinging the phone to the other side of the bed and covering himself with the blanket once again, but this time around he wasn't able to doze off again. After turning on the bed for some minutes, he sighed heavily before taking his phone, unlocked it, and logged in to his social media handle. To his greatest surprise, the first post he saw was that of him and Sarah dancing at the nightclub the previous day, but fortunately his own images were blurred out, remaining that of Sarah. Once he saw the pictures, he immediately sat up in order to take a proper look at the picture and to also see if he could see the details of the person who posted it, but everything was anonymous. Sighing heavily, he immediately placed a call on someone, and after some minutes of ringing, the person was picked up. "Good morning, Charles," the person greeted Charles through the phone. "Good morning, sir. How was your night?" Charles asked him through the phone. "My night was fine, and yours?" He asked Charles. "Mine was fine too ," Charles said to him in reply. "Let me guess, you called me because of the photos of Sarah trending online, right?" the person asked Charles. "Yes, sir, were you the one who uploaded it?" Charles asked him. "And what makes you think that I was the one who uploaded it?" The person asked Charles over the phone. "I didn't say you did it, sir; I was only asking if you did. Yesterday you were the one who told me where she was, and you also asked me to make sure I danced with her; that's why I was asking," Charles said to him.  "Well, I was the one who did it; is there any problem with it?" Charles asked him. "No, sir, there isn't a problem. I only want to let you know that the action you took isn't to our own advantage. Because of this, she is going to lose many of her clients and also her image; this wasn't part of the plan," Charles said to him. "Well, I was the one who made the plans, and I can change them anytime I want. I gave you enough time to do things in your own way, but from the perspective of things, it's as if I'm the one doing everything for you; it's unlike you, Charles. I hope there isn't a problem." The person asked him through the phone. "There isn't a problem, sir; it's just that the lady herself is very complicated; her heart has been broken once, so she's finding it hard to trust anyone," Charles said to him. "Well, things are like that because of the mentality you are using with her; despite the fact that she doesn't trust you, haven't my plans been working unlike yours?" The person asked Charles over the phone. "Yes, it has been working," Charles said to him in reply. "Perfect. If with time, I don't notice any improvements by you, I will find another person for the job, even though it means we will start everything from scratch. I'm sure you know what happens to people that I replace?" The man asked Charles. "Don't worry, sir; there are going to be some improvements soon," Charles said to him. "I hope so. Now I need to call the lady and tell her that you have found a way to take down the videos. I will send you a voice note of what you will tell her, and believe me, if you do exactly what I'm asking you to do, you are going to see the huge success it will give. Can you do it?" The man asked Charles. "Yes, sir, I can do it," Charles said to him . "Perfect, I will send you the voice note right away, but have it in mind that for this new mission I assigned to you, I have been the one doing everything; if it continues like that, you will soon be replaced," the man said to Charles. "It won't continue, sir," Charles said to him. "Okay, you will receive the voice note in some minutes," the man said to him before hanging up the call. Some minutes after hanging up the call, Charles received a voice note from the man. After listening to the voice note, he immediately placed a call across to Sarah. To be continued.