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?”

the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections

mouth twitched after the phone

had she become one

pondered, a WhatsApp

She was

picked it up,

was changed by

of Finley made her understand that some things were better kept low-key

unwelcome relatives.

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

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to invite you to join their R&D team. My mother also wishes

interrupted her coldly.

to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility

she hung up.

Monday.

with the old lady and dutifully went to

the hospital gate, contemplating. whether to take a taxi or the subway,

looked straight ahead, saying

in.”

don’t think I should do that.”

weren’t on such good terms yet.

asked me to drive you to work.”

her you

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glanced at her, “I need a photo for proof.”

“Fine…”

back door and sat next

his phone and took a selfie of the

them.

her two fingers raised and

smile.

strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face, leaving him rigid like

a moment.

the passenger seat, Tom hesitated for a moment. He didn’t

before they left.

have

photo, Keira sat up straight

until they reached the underground

elevator and

took the staff elevator

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the R&D department.

the managerial staff of the R&D department were in a tense meeting.

company’s top management,

of the

asked, “Why is this

sudden?”

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

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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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

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

also studied renewable energy, so you should know how difficult the research is. You make it sound like you can solve my core