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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“Then…

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

after

had she become

WhatsApp

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

picked it up,

voice was changed by a

that some

unwelcome relatives.

disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South.

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

interested,” Keira interrupted her

She wanted to say something more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility for companies under Mrs. Olsen’s name.”

that, she hung

Monday.

her puppy with the old lady and

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

ahead,

in.”

don’t think I should do that.”

such good

to

tall her

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at her, “I need a

“Fine…”

opened the back door and sat next to Lewis.

and took a selfie of the two

them.

her two fingers raised

smile.

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

for a

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

before they left.

have missed it.

photo, Keira sat up straight and started busying

until they reached the

exclusive elevator and left

hand, took the

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the R&D department.

staff of the R&D department were in a tense

a position change. “After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice

technical issues of the R&D

asked, “Why is this announcement

sudden?”

R&D department. 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, let’s have Vice President Horton say a few

of the first and second teams have to listen to my commands.

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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

you don’t have enough energy to manage the staff of the first team. Have you solved your core problem

energy, so you should know how difficult the research is. You make it sound like