34 Nonsense

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?”

Mr. Horton through old Mrs. Horton, you’re

family!”

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said, “Then… congratulations?”

punching cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in

twitched after the phone

she become

WhatsApp call came in

She was calling “Dr. South” on

phone, picked it up,

changed by

some things were better kept low-key to avoid

unwelcome relatives.

respectfully, “Hello, Dr. South, sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling

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their R&D team. My mother also wishes for the

interested,” Keira interrupted her

but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under Mrs.

she hung

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady and dutifully

of the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped beside

straight ahead, saying indifferently,

in.”

refused, “I don’t think I

two weren’t on such

asked me to drive you

non iust tall her

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her, “I need

“Fine…”

the back door and

his phone and took a selfie of the two of

them.

fingers raised and a sweet

smile.

head, and a few strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him

a

seat, Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall old

before they left.

have missed it.

sat up straight and started

until they reached the underground parking lot of the Horton Group.

exclusive elevator and left

the other hand, took the

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the R&D department.

the R&D department were

announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake,

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