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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?”
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?”
about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections with Dr. South. I’ll always be in an unbeatable
mouth twitched after the
had she become one of Isla’s
a WhatsApp call came in
it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr. South” on
phone, picked it up, and said
was changed
her understand that some things were better kept low-key to
unwelcome relatives.
sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am
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join their R&D team. My mother also wishes for the
interested,” Keira interrupted her
Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under Mrs.
that, she hung
Monday.
her puppy with the old lady and dutifully went
she stepped out of the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi
ahead, saying indifferently, “Get
in.”
don’t think I should do that.”
two weren’t on such
“Grandma asked me to drive you
non iust tall her you did that”
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need a photo for proof.”
“Fine…”
and
phone and took a selfie of the
them.
with her two fingers raised and
smile.
and a few strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him rigid like he
a
passenger seat, Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall old
before they left.
have
up straight and
reached the underground parking lot of
exclusive elevator and
hand, took the staff elevator up
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the R&D department.
the R&D department were
the R&D department announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to
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