Chapter 1043 Tailed
“You don’t need to go. Just have your assistant chase them away. You’ll be going to the hotel I went to with Charles yesterday and get the whole surveillance footage when we were there.” Sonia peered at her.
Hesitantly, Daphne replied, “President Reed, I doubt we can get the footage. The mastermind might have already destroyed the evidence to save you from using that.”
“I thought of what you’ve said, but no matter what, we have to try.” Sonia rubbed her temples.
Daphne, who agreed with her, nodded. “Okay. I’ll go there very soon. Still, shouldn’t we tell President Fuller about this?”
Smiling, Sonia stated, “Now that this has gotten so out of proportion, he will know it eventually through his men even without my notice. As for why he hasn’t contacted me, it should be because he’s still busy. So, the people by his side haven’t had the chance to inform him yet. Don’t worry, when he knows, he’ll call me.”
“That’s a relief.” Daphne puffed her chest. “It’s only by President Fuller knowing about this that things can be dealt with much easier.”
“You’re right. After all, this incident concerns him as well. We still need him if we want to catch the culprit.” Sonia opened her arms up. “Go on, then. Remember to inform me ASAP about the situation even if you don’t get the footage.”
“Understood, President Reed.” Daphne went down with the assistant.
With that, Sonia was the only one left in the office.
Looking at the monitor in front of her, she became angrier as she scrolled through the comments. She then closed the webpage, seeing how she did not have any solution to it.
Next, she picked up her phone and called Squirrel Media again.
Earlier when she dialed the number, it said that the line was busy.
She guessed that a lot of people must have called Squirrel Media to validate the truth of this story, causing the busy line.
So, she hoped that the call would go through this time.
Perhaps it was the heavens that heard her prayer, the call connected this time with a man’s voice coming from the speaker. “Who’s this?”
“Sonia Reed,” she replied with a cold tone.
The person on the other side fell silent. After a while, she could hear heavy and rushed breathing coming from the other end.
Obviously, the person panicked upon hearing her name.
This made Sonia sneer.
They really are a bunch of guilty squirrels.
Otherwise, why would this man be so afraid to hear that it’s me?
Meanwhile, the person who answered the call was regretting and wanted to beat himself up.
Seriously, why did I have to enter the office at this time? If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have picked the call up.
How unlucky!
After shouting out miserably inside, the man took a deep breath and pretended nothing happened while replying to Sonia, “I’m sorry, Miss. We don’t know who you are. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be hanging up now. I wish you a good day. Goodbye.”
He was about to hang up after saying that.
Yet, Sonia suddenly sneered loudly. “Hang up the call and I’ll tell Toby to shut your company down right now! Every single one of you can pack your bags home by the end of the day. Try me,” she warned in a very dominating manner.
With the coldness and arrogance in her tone, nobody dared to doubt if she was joking. At the very least, the man on the phone knew that Sonia would do as she said.
Feeling like he would be better off dead, the man had a very somber expression as he begged, “I’m so sorry, Miss Reed. I’m just some random secretary, so…”
“Enough.” Sonia frowned and interrupted him. “Seeing how you called me ‘Miss Reed’, you obviously recognize who I am, so you should know why I’m calling, right?”
The silence of the man was taken as a ‘yes’.
Gripping her phone tightly, she continued, “Since you do, why don’t you give me an explanation now?”
“But, Miss Reed, I’m just a secretary…” The man repeated his words in the hope that this would suffice.
Sonia, who did not believe him, smirked. “Stop telling me that you’re just some secretary. I called the number of your chief editor, so you have to be at least someone to be able to pick up the call. I don’t care if you’re the secretary or the personal assistant of the chief editor, I know you have all the tea, so spill it!”
The man was on the verge of tears.
Why is Miss Reed so smart?
She was not giving him any chances.
With a scrunched up expression, the man explained, “Miss Reed, I…”
“Enough. Just spit it out now!” Sonia bellowed. “If you don’t, then don’t blame me when I realize all the promises I’ve mentioned earlier. Not only can I make you all jobless, I can leave a special remark on your resumes. Good luck on getting a new job by then. Like I said, try me all you want.”
Shuddering, the man was frightened as he profusely nodded. “I’ll spill it out. I tell you whatever you want to know, Miss Reed.”
As he was no fool, he knew that he could not go head-to-head with a threat looming over him.
This was because they all knew the news online was fake, as Sonia never did cheat on Toby in the first place.
Since this was all fabricated, this meant the couple still enjoyed a solid relationship.
Naturally, they would be enraged to see such a media company spreading audacious rumors of Sonia cheating on Toby.
So, Toby would target their company sooner or later.
Even though the person did tell their chief editor that their company would be safe, they did not guarantee the employees of the company would stay employed.
Although he was only a secretary, he was still a worker there. If Toby were to go to war with the person, there would be sacrifices no matter what.
This was because no matter how influential the person was, they were still not a match for Toby. The person might be able to ensure the job of the chief editor and the company’s safety, but they would not be able to keep these employees; eventually, they would only be the collateral whether they liked it or not.
If that happened, it would not be a better fate than what Sonia described as they might even find themselves in a more dire situation.
Hence, if he could save himself, why not just tell the truth?
If this caused him to be fired and sued by the company, at least his resume would be clean, meaning he could just seek another job out.
On the other hand, if he kept his lips zipped now, his future would be as good as gone.
Since there is a silver lining, I’ll just grab onto it for now.
Thinking of this, the man looked around before confirming that he was the only one in the office. Not hesitating anymore, he covered his mouth with his other hand and said in a lowered voice, “Okay, Miss Reed. I’ll tell you everything that you want to know.”
Sonia knew that her threat worked upon hearing the person become docile.
As expected, Toby’s name really is useful.
Smiling, she maintained a cold tone. “Tell me, who ordered your company to tail me and take those photos?”
This was because she did not tell anyone about her meeting up with Brian at the hotel.
Therefore, no outsiders would have known about her whereabouts.
Yet, the person had accurately captured the moment she and Charles entered the hotel. This proved that someone was constantly following her. Otherwise, they would have never gotten that shot so precisely.
I actually didn’t realize that I was followed for so long!
Pursing her lips, Sonia had a face full of disdain for the mastermind.
