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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?”

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. Horton is a married man! I’m different though. I’ll marry Jake and

family!”

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“Then… congratulations?”

cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings

mouth twitched after

become one

she pondered, a WhatsApp call

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

her phone, picked it

voice was changed by a device.

Finley made her understand that some things were

unwelcome relatives.

I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie

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mother also wishes for the

interested,” Keira interrupted her

Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under

she

Monday.

with the old lady and

take

straight ahead, saying indifferently,

in.”

refused, “I don’t think

two weren’t on such good terms

to drive you

her you did that”

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“I need a photo

“Fine…”

the back door and sat next

and took a selfie of the two

them.

her two fingers

smile.

strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him rigid like

for a moment.

for a moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton making this

before they left.

must have

Keira sat up straight and

remained silent until they reached the underground

the exclusive elevator and left with

hand, took the staff elevator up

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the R&D department.

the managerial staff of the R&D

company’s top management, Jake, the team leader,

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