The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1816

After Nancy left, Leila helped Melissa sit down. She poured her a cup of tea. Once she made sure that Melissa was feeling relaxed, she said, "Aunt Melissa, I understand it's important to look for Charles. But we can't forget that the company is more important at the moment. The news of Charles being missing has spread by now. Unless the stakeholders get the assurance that the company is in safe hands, they will pull out their support from the company. At this moment, the first thing we should do is to take control of the company in our hands..."

Leila sounded concerned and sincere as she tried to convince Melissa. Her mind was constantly at work. So what if she could not own Charles? At the moment, she had a fair chance of owning Shining Company. And for that, all she needed to do was to handle the brainless Melissa, who was much easier to deal with than Charles.

As soon as Leila returned to Dream Garden, she started to execute her plan. After investing so much time, energy, and most importantly, tolerating the half-witted Melissa, she couldn't just settle with being left empty-handed. She had to own Shining Company.

Before Leila came back from Malaysia, she had leaked the news to some of her reported friends to make sure people knew that the president of Shining Company, Charles, was missing.

This news was sure to wreak havoc in business circles, as well as among the employees of Shining Company. To keep the goodwill of the company intact, it would require a strong and capable person to take charge. It was a good opportunity for Leila to take action.

In Shining Company

David had not been able to get in touch with Charles for the past two days. He was worried and prepared to go to look for his boss in Malaysia after finishing the tasks at hand.

"Tap-tap..."

"Come in."

David looked up from the file. It was one of the company's secretaries.

"David, I have bad news. It is rumored that something has happened to the boss." The panic in her voice sent a chill down David's spine. Not having heard a single word for the last two days had already made him concerned about Charles' safety. Now his worries seemed to have been justified.

"Don't panic. Tell me what is the matter?" David's face fell, and all sorts of uncalled for thoughts started clouding his mind.

The secretary told David everything she had heard. David's face turned grim. He remained silent for a while and then waved his hand, gesturing for her to leave.

It was indeed hard for him to accept the fact that Charles was gone. He refused to believe it and continued to call Charles just to prove the news wrong. But his calls were not answered.

After a while, he closed his eyes and tried to get over the desperate feeling that was overwhelming his mind. He took a deep breath and dialed the number of the police station in Malaysia.

"Okay, I see... Thanks..." Several minutes later, David hung up the phone. His face had gone pale, and he felt numb.

After talking to the Malaysian police, he confirmed that Charles had fallen in water, and nobody knew if he was still alive.

For a while, David was lost in thought. Then he was brought back from his reverie as his phone started to ring.

By now, all the shareholders of the company had heard of this, and all of them were calling David, asking where Charles was and what about the company.

Even before David got time to recover from the devastating news, he had to face the queries raised by the shareholders.

He was not even aware of whether Charles' sudden disappearance was an accident or caused by somebody on purpose. He just had the authority to assist the boss in running the company. He was not in a position to make any important decisions.

David tried his best to first assure all the shareholders.

Just like outside the office, there was a lot of commotion inside the office as well. As soon as the managers learned about Charles' disappearance, they started to make their own plans. However, they didn't act rashly. After all, they had followed Charles and had a lot of experience in the commercial field. If the management was in a mess, the Shining Company would go bankrupt.

"Mr. Zhang, please, don't worry. Mr. Lu will be fine. I have contacted the police in Malaysia. They said that they are searching for him. Nobody has yet confirmed that Mr. Lu is dead. We will notify you as soon as we get any update about him. We are all hopeful that he will be found safe very soon. Please, don't worry." David explained to one of the shareholders with the utmost sincerity. He was skeptical that the news would make the shareholders nervous, which might lead to some unsolicited trouble for the company.