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…

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

mouth twitched after the phone

she become one of

she pondered, a WhatsApp

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

operated on her phone, picked it up, and said

voice was changed by

her understand that some things were better kept low-key to avoid

unwelcome relatives.

“Hello, Dr. South, sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of

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team. My mother also wishes for the same.

interested,” Keira interrupted her

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

that, she

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady

to take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley

straight ahead, saying indifferently,

in.”

refused, “I don’t think

weren’t on such

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

her you did that”

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at her, “I need a photo for

“Fine…”

back door and sat

and took a selfie of

them.

her two fingers

smile.

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

for a moment.

moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs.

before they left.

must have

straight and started busying herself on her

remained silent until they reached the underground parking lot of the

took the exclusive elevator

other hand, took

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the R&D department.

of the R&D department were in a

general manager of the R&D department announced a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to

of the R&D department in the future!”

is this announcement so

sudden?”

a big deal for the R&D department. Although Dr. South doesn’t work in the office, if

development staff of the first and second teams

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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

enough energy to manage the staff of the first team. Have you solved your core problem yet? Although

studied renewable energy, so you should know how difficult the research is. You make it