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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 become a legitimate daughter-in-law of

family!”

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“Then… congratulations?”

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. South. I’ll always be in

twitched after the phone call.

become one of Isla’s pawns?

pondered, a WhatsApp

She was calling “Dr.

it up,

was changed by

appearance of Finley made her understand that some things were better kept low-key

unwelcome relatives.

said respectfully, “Hello, Dr. South, sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton

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mother

interested,” Keira interrupted her

more, but Keira said,

that, she

Monday.

with the old lady and dutifully

to take a taxi

ahead, saying

in.”

refused, “I don’t think I should do that.”

such

said, “Grandma asked me to

her you did

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her, “I need a photo for proof.”

“Fine…”

opened the back door and sat next to Lewis.

took a selfie of the two of

them.

her two fingers

smile.

fluttered across Lewis’s

for a moment.

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

before they left.

have missed

the photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying herself on her

they reached the underground parking lot of the

elevator and left

the other hand, took the staff elevator

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the R&D department.

the managerial staff of the

company’s top

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