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

family!”

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said, “Then… congratulations?”

can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections with Dr. South. I’ll always be in an

twitched after the phone

become one of Isla’s pawns?

pondered, a WhatsApp call came in again…

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

picked it up,

changed by a device.

made her understand that some things were better kept

unwelcome relatives.

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

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

Keira interrupted her

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

she hung

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

looked straight ahead,

in.”

think I should

on such good terms

asked me to drive you

tall her

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glanced at her, “I need a photo for

“Fine…”

door and

phone and took a selfie of the

them.

posed with her two fingers raised and a sweet

smile.

hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him rigid

for a

Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall

before they left.

must have missed

Keira sat up straight and started busying herself on her phone.

remained silent until they reached the underground parking lot of the

took the exclusive elevator and left with

other hand, took

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the R&D department.

this time, the managerial staff of the R&D

manager of the R&D department announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice president, who will

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