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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?”
Mr. Horton through old Mrs. Horton, you’re nothing more than a mistress and a toy! Mr. Horton is a married man! I’m different though. I’ll marry Jake and become
family!”
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“Then… congratulations?”
left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a
twitched after the
she become
she pondered, a WhatsApp call came in
time, it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr. South” on
phone, picked it up, and said casually,
was changed
understand that some things were better kept low-key
unwelcome relatives.
disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton Group’s behalf. They
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like to invite you to join their R&D team. My mother also wishes for
interrupted her coldly.
say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under Mrs. Olsen’s
she
Monday.
the old lady and dutifully went
contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped beside
ahead, saying indifferently, “Get
in.”
think I should do
two weren’t on such good terms yet.
me to
iust tall her you did
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glanced at her, “I need a
“Fine…”
door and sat next
phone and took a selfie of the two
them.
posed with her two fingers
smile.
a few strands of hair fluttered
a
hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton
before they left.
must have missed it.
up straight and started busying herself
remained silent until they reached the underground parking lot
exclusive elevator
hand, took the staff
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the R&D department.
time, the managerial staff of the R&D department were in a tense
company’s top management, Jake, the
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