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…

cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a wealthy family. I have connections with Dr. South. I’ll always be

mouth twitched after the phone

had she become one of Isla’s pawns?

WhatsApp call came in

time, it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling “Dr. South”

it

was changed by a device.

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

unwelcome relatives.

Olsen, the daughter of Jodie South. I am calling on the Horton Group’s behalf. They

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

Keira interrupted her coldly.

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

she

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady and dutifully went to

take a taxi or the subway, a Bentley slowly stopped

looked straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

think I should

weren’t on such good

said, “Grandma asked me to drive you

her

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glanced at her, “I need a

“Fine…”

opened the back door and sat

his phone and took a selfie of the two of

them.

two fingers raised and

smile.

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

for a

moment. He

before they left.

must have

straight and started busying

they reached the underground parking lot of the Horton Group.

the exclusive elevator and left with

other hand, took the

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the R&D department.

time, the managerial staff of the R&D department were

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

the R&D department in the future!”

“Why is this announcement

sudden?”

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

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

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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

the first team. Have you solved your core problem yet? Although the R&D department is divided into teams, it’s also a whole. Your delays affect the progress of the entire

know how difficult the research is. You make