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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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?”

you, even if you’ve charmed Mr. Horton through old Mrs. Horton, you’re nothing more than a mistress and

family!”

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“Then…

if she was punching cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections

after the phone

become one of Isla’s pawns?

she pondered, a WhatsApp call came in

it was from Mrs. Olsen. She

on her phone, picked it up, and

voice was changed

that some things

unwelcome relatives.

Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton

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

Keira interrupted her

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

she hung up.

Monday.

her puppy with the old

stepped out of the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway,

looked straight ahead, saying indifferently,

in.”

“I don’t think I should

two weren’t on such good terms

said, “Grandma asked me to drive you to work.”

non iust tall her you did

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need a photo for

“Fine…”

back door and sat next

and took a selfie of the

them.

posed with her two fingers raised and a sweet

smile.

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

for a moment.

He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton making this

before they left.

must have missed it.

taking the photo, Keira sat up straight

reached the underground parking lot of the Horton

exclusive elevator and left with

on the other hand, took the staff

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the R&D department.

staff of the R&D

the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice

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