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… congratulations?”

felt as if she was punching cotton. She left a threat in the end. “You can’t just talk about feelings in a

after the

when had she become one of

she pondered, a WhatsApp

from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling

picked it up, and said casually, “Hello.”

voice was changed by

her understand that some things were better kept

unwelcome relatives.

said respectfully, “Hello, Dr. South, sorry for the disturbance. I’m Isla Olsen, the

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

interested,” Keira interrupted her coldly.

more, but Keira said, “I only take responsibility

she

Monday.

left her puppy with the old lady

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

looked straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

refused, “I don’t think

weren’t on such good terms

to drive

iust tall her

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need a photo

“Fine…”

opened the back door and

took a

them.

posed with her two fingers raised and

smile.

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

for a moment.

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

before they left.

have missed it.

Keira sat up straight and started busying herself on her

two remained silent until they reached the underground parking lot of the Horton Group.

exclusive elevator and

other hand, took the staff elevator up to

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the R&D department.

the R&D

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 the vice

technical issues of the R&D

is this

sudden?”

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

“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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you won’t violate the company’s regulation?” Jalen, 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

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

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