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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?”

not!” Isla 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

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

mouth twitched after the phone call.

when had she become one

a WhatsApp

She was calling “Dr. South”

picked it up, and said

changed by a

understand that some

unwelcome relatives.

for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton Group’s

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team. My mother also wishes for the same.

Keira interrupted her coldly.

halted. She wanted to say something more, but Keira said, “I

that, she

Monday.

with the old lady and dutifully went to work.

whether to take a taxi or

straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

think I should

on such

asked me to drive

her you

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“I need

“Fine…”

the back door and sat next to

phone and took a selfie of the two

them.

posed with her two fingers raised and a

smile.

strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving

a

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

before they left.

have

the photo, Keira sat up straight and

reached the underground parking

took the exclusive elevator and

the other hand, took the staff elevator up

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the R&D department.

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

manager of 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 vice president, who will be

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