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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?”

course 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.

family!”

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“Then… congratulations?”

felt as if she was punching cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a

after

had she become one

a WhatsApp call came

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

operated on her phone, picked it up,

voice was changed by a

Finley made her understand that some things were better kept

unwelcome relatives.

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

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their R&D team. My mother also wishes for the same. May I ask if you…”

Keira interrupted

She wanted to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies

that, she

Monday.

old lady and dutifully went to work.

gate, contemplating. whether to take a

straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

“I don’t think I should do that.”

such

me to drive you to work.”

her you did

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at her, “I need

“Fine…”

the back door and sat next to

raised his phone and took a selfie of the two of

them.

two fingers raised and a sweet

smile.

hair fluttered

a moment.

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

before they left.

must have

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

they reached the

took the exclusive elevator and left with Tom.

other hand, took

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the R&D department.

the R&D department were in a tense

general 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

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