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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?”
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. Horton
family!”
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said, “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 with Dr. South.
after the phone call.
when had she become one of
pondered, a WhatsApp call came
from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr. South” on
on her phone, picked it
was changed by a device.
made her understand that some things were
unwelcome relatives.
sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on
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you to join their R&D team. My mother also wishes for the same. May I ask if you…”
Keira interrupted her coldly.
say something more, but Keira said, “I
that, she hung up.
Monday.
her puppy with the old lady
gate, contemplating. whether to take a
ahead, saying indifferently, “Get
in.”
refused, “I don’t think
such good terms
to drive
iust tall her you
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glanced at her, “I need a
“Fine…”
door and sat next to Lewis.
his phone and took a selfie of the two
them.
two fingers raised and a sweet
smile.
fluttered across Lewis’s
for a moment.
moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs.
before they left.
must have missed it.
the photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying herself
they reached the
elevator and left
other hand, took the
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the R&D department.
of the R&D
change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice president,
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