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Isla’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at her
mother’s phone.
She wouldn’t mistake that voice!
The voice on the other end of the phone paused
slightly, then it turned colder still. “Isla, what are you doing with Mrs. Olsen’s phone?”
It was her!!
Isla felt as if she had seen a ghost.
No, it couldn’t be…
She glanced at her phone sharply, suddenly thinking of something. She asked, “Is this your phone number?”
Keira said, “What kind of question is that?”
That’s when it dawned on Isla!
She almost forgot that Keira’s nickname was also South, which was what Mrs. Olsen would sometimes
call her.
A tremendous sigh of relief escaped her lips, followed by boundless fury. “You’re such a sycophant! To get my
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mother’s favor, you even put her family name in your nickname. Are you worthy of being called that?”
Keira lowered her eyes.
The name was something she had chosen when she was in elementary school.
“South” indeed came from the surname of Mrs. Olsen,
aka Jodie South.
Keira was young at the time and chose it simply because she liked it, never thinking about whether it
would bother Mrs. Olsen.
She was the daughter of a mistress, yet she adopted the wife’s last name. Keira wondered what Mrs. Olsen
felt at the time. She would never know now.
She said indifferently, “Did you call just to say this?”
mask of decency and said viciously, “I just want to tell you, even if you’ve charmed Mr. Horton through old Mrs. Horton, you’re nothing more than a mistress and a toy! Mr. Horton is a married man! I’m different though. I’ll marry Jake and
family!”
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said, “Then… congratulations?”
in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections with Dr. South. I’ll always be in an unbeatable position!”
mouth twitched after the
had she become one
she pondered, a WhatsApp call
it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling
it up,
changed by a
understand that some
unwelcome relatives.
respectfully, “Hello, Dr. South, sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the
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team. My mother also wishes for the same. May I ask if you…”
Keira interrupted her
more, but Keira said, “I only
she hung up.
Monday.
puppy with the old lady and dutifully went to
she stepped out of the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway, a
looked straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get
in.”
think
two weren’t on such good
“Grandma asked me to drive you to
her
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“I need a photo for
“Fine…”
door and sat next to Lewis.
phone and took a
them.
fingers raised and a
smile.
head, and a few strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him
a
passenger seat, Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton making this
before they left.
must have missed
the photo, Keira sat up straight and started
reached the underground parking lot of
exclusive elevator and left with
the other hand, took the staff elevator up
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the R&D department.
the R&D department were in a tense meeting.
announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice president,
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