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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?”

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 a married man! I’m different though. I’ll marry Jake and become a legitimate daughter-in-law

family!”

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said, “Then…

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

after the

when had she become one of Isla’s pawns?

she pondered, a WhatsApp call

it was from Mrs. Olsen. She

picked it

was changed by

understand that some things were better kept low-key to

unwelcome relatives.

the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the

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team. My mother also wishes for the same. May I ask

interrupted

say something more, but Keira said, “I only

she hung

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady and dutifully went to work.

gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped beside

looked straight ahead,

in.”

“I don’t think I

two weren’t on such good terms

“Grandma asked me to drive

iust tall her you did that”

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at her, “I need a photo for

“Fine…”

and sat next

phone and took a selfie of the

them.

fingers raised

smile.

fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving

for a

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

before they left.

must have

photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying

until they reached the

elevator and

hand, took the staff

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the R&D department.

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

change. “After the decision of the company’s

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