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?”

“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!

family!”

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said, “Then… congratulations?”

just talk about

twitched after the phone

had she become

a WhatsApp call came in again…

time, it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr.

picked it

was changed

that some things

unwelcome relatives.

sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton Group’s behalf. They

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their R&D team. My mother also wishes

interested,” Keira interrupted her

to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies

that, she hung

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady and

to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped beside her.

ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

refused, “I don’t think I should do that.”

weren’t on such

“Grandma asked me to drive you

iust tall her you

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“I need a photo

“Fine…”

and sat

took a selfie of the two

them.

her two fingers raised

smile.

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

a

He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton making this

before they left.

have missed

Keira sat up straight and started busying herself

the underground parking lot of the

elevator

took the staff elevator

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the R&D department.

the managerial staff of the R&D

of the R&D department announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management,

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