My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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?”

“Of 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. Horton is a married man! I’m different though. I’ll marry Jake and become a legitimate daughter-in-law of the Horton

family!”

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said, “Then… congratulations?”

end. “You can’t just talk about

mouth twitched after the

had she become

a WhatsApp call

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

phone, picked it up,

was changed by

understand that some things were better kept low-key

unwelcome relatives.

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

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

interrupted her

something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies

that, she

Monday.

old

stepped out of the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped beside her.

straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

“I don’t think I

two weren’t on such good terms

said, “Grandma asked me to

iust tall her you

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“I need a

“Fine…”

opened the back door and sat next to Lewis.

phone and took a selfie of

them.

fingers raised

smile.

head, and a few strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him

a moment.

a moment. He didn’t recall

before they left.

must have missed it.

the photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying herself

reached the underground parking lot

took the exclusive elevator and left with Tom.

the other hand, took the

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the R&D department.

managerial staff of the R&D department were

position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the

issues of the R&D department

asked, “Why is

sudden?”

This is a big deal for the R&D department. Although Dr. South doesn’t work in the office, if any of you have any problems, you can ask Vice President Horton to communicate with him and solve the problem. Now,

up and spoke directly, “From now on, the research and development staff of the first and second teams have to listen to my commands. Mr. Riley,

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who had been working overtime all weekend at the company and had pulled two all-nighters, was wearing casual clothes with an air of irritation. He snorted coldly. “There’s another regulation at the company that doesn’t allow skipping ranks for reporting or assigning tasks. So, about my staff… you can only delegate

Have you solved your core problem yet? Although the R&D department is divided

how difficult the research is. You make it sound