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?”

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. Horton is

family!”

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“Then…

just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections with Dr. South. I’ll always be in an unbeatable

after

become one of

WhatsApp call came in again…

Olsen. She was calling

operated on her phone, picked it up, and said

voice was changed

understand that some things

unwelcome relatives.

the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the

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to join their R&D team. My mother also wishes for the same. May I ask if you…”

interested,” Keira interrupted

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

she

Monday.

old lady and dutifully went

whether to take a taxi or

ahead, saying indifferently,

in.”

think I should

on such good

said, “Grandma asked me to drive

tall her you did that”

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glanced at her, “I need a photo for

“Fine…”

door and

phone and took a selfie of the two of

them.

with her two fingers raised and

smile.

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

a

moment. He didn’t recall old

before they left.

must have missed it.

photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying herself on

until they reached the underground

the exclusive elevator and

the other hand, took the staff

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the R&D department.

this time, the managerial staff of the R&D department were

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

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