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?”

you’re nothing more than a mistress

family!”

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“Then… congratulations?”

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

after the phone call.

had she become one of Isla’s pawns?

pondered, a WhatsApp call came in

Olsen. She was calling “Dr. South”

phone, picked it up, and said casually,

was changed

made her understand that some things were better kept low-key to avoid

unwelcome relatives.

for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton

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team. My mother also wishes

Keira interrupted her coldly.

halted. She wanted to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies

that, she hung

Monday.

the old lady

she stepped out of the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or

looked straight ahead, saying

in.”

refused, “I don’t think

such

me to drive you to

tall her you did that”

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her, “I need a photo

“Fine…”

and sat next to Lewis.

a selfie of the two of

them.

with her two fingers raised and a sweet

smile.

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

a

a moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs.

before they left.

have

straight and started busying

reached the

exclusive elevator and

on the other hand, took

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the R&D department.

time, the managerial staff of the R&D department were in a tense

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

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