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?”

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! I’m different

family!”

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“Then…

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

after the phone call.

she become

pondered, a WhatsApp call came

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

it up, and said casually,

changed by a device.

that some things were better kept low-key to

unwelcome relatives.

the daughter

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mother also wishes

interested,” Keira interrupted

say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under Mrs. Olsen’s

she

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady and dutifully went

contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley

looked straight ahead,

in.”

“I don’t think I should

on such

said, “Grandma asked me to drive you to work.”

tall her you

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need

“Fine…”

and sat next to Lewis.

a selfie of the

them.

her two fingers raised and a

smile.

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

for a moment.

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

before they left.

have missed it.

sat up straight and started busying herself on her

until they reached the underground parking

the exclusive elevator

the other hand, took the staff

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the R&D department.

managerial staff of the R&D department were in a tense meeting.

position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice president,

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