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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?”
“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!
family!”
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said, “Then… congratulations?”
just talk about
twitched after the phone
had she become
a WhatsApp call came in again…
time, it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr.
picked it
was changed
that some things
unwelcome relatives.
sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton Group’s behalf. They
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their R&D team. My mother also wishes
interested,” Keira interrupted her
to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies
that, she hung
Monday.
left her puppy with the old lady and
to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped beside her.
ahead, saying indifferently, “Get
in.”
refused, “I don’t think I should do that.”
weren’t on such
“Grandma asked me to drive you
iust tall her you
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“I need a photo
“Fine…”
and sat
took a selfie of the two
them.
her two fingers raised
smile.
her head, and a few strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him rigid like
a
He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton making this
before they left.
have missed
Keira sat up straight and started busying herself
the underground parking lot of the
elevator
took the staff elevator
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the R&D department.
the managerial staff of the R&D
of the R&D department announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management,
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