34 Nonsense

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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34 Nonsense

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

family!”

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“Then… congratulations?”

can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have

after the

become

WhatsApp

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

on her phone, picked it up, and

was changed by

that some things

unwelcome relatives.

the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on

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like to invite you to join their R&D team. My mother

interested,” Keira interrupted

Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under Mrs. Olsen’s

she hung up.

Monday.

with the old lady

contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the

ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

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

such

to drive

iust tall her you

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at her, “I need a photo

“Fine…”

door and sat next to Lewis.

phone and took a selfie of

them.

fingers

smile.

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

for a

a moment. He didn’t recall old

before they left.

have

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

they reached the underground parking lot of

elevator and left

took the staff elevator

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the R&D department.

time, the managerial staff of the R&D department were in a tense meeting.

of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice president, who will be

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