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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?”
course not!” Isla tore off her 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.
family!”
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“Then… congratulations?”
felt as if she was punching cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a
after
had she become one
a WhatsApp call came
was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr. South”
operated on her phone, picked it up,
voice was changed by a
Finley made her understand that some things were better kept
unwelcome relatives.
sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton
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their R&D team. My mother also wishes for the same. May I ask if you…”
Keira interrupted
She wanted to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies
that, she
Monday.
old lady and dutifully went to work.
gate, contemplating. whether to take a
straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get
in.”
“I don’t think I should do that.”
such
me to drive you to work.”
her you did
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at her, “I need
“Fine…”
the back door and sat next to
raised his phone and took a selfie of the two of
them.
two fingers raised and a sweet
smile.
hair fluttered
a moment.
passenger seat, Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs.
before they left.
must have
taking the photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying herself on
they reached the
took the exclusive elevator and left with Tom.
other hand, took
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the R&D department.
the R&D department were in a tense
general 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
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