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?”

if you’ve charmed Mr. Horton through old Mrs. Horton, you’re nothing more than a

family!”

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said, “Then… congratulations?”

if she was punching cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections with Dr.

twitched after the

had she become one of

a WhatsApp call

Olsen. She was calling “Dr.

picked it up, and said casually, “Hello.”

was changed by a device.

some things were better kept low-key to avoid

unwelcome relatives.

sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie

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

Keira interrupted her

more, but Keira said, “I only take

she hung up.

Monday.

the old

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

ahead, saying

in.”

think

two weren’t on such

“Grandma asked me to drive you to

her you did that”

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glanced at her, “I need a photo for

“Fine…”

back door and sat

and took a selfie of the two of

them.

posed with her two fingers

smile.

strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s

for a

passenger seat, Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t

before they left.

must have missed it.

up straight and started busying herself

until they reached the underground parking lot of the Horton

elevator

on the other hand, took the staff elevator up to

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the R&D department.

the managerial staff of the R&D

of the company’s top

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