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?”

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

family!”

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said, “Then… congratulations?”

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

mouth twitched after the

become one

she pondered, a WhatsApp call came

Olsen. She was calling

it up, and said

changed by a

appearance of Finley made her understand that some things

unwelcome relatives.

the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton Group’s

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

interrupted

something more, but Keira said,

she hung

Monday.

with the old lady and

gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or

straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

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

two weren’t on such good terms yet.

asked me to drive

tall her you

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glanced at her, “I need a photo for

“Fine…”

and sat next

raised his phone and took a selfie

them.

fingers raised and a

smile.

fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him

for a

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

before they left.

have missed it.

Keira sat up straight and

silent until they reached the underground parking lot

elevator and

hand, took the staff elevator up to

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the R&D department.

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

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

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