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

09:39

1,9

<

34 Nonsense

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!”

09:39

2/9

“Then… congratulations?”

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

mouth twitched after the phone

when had she become one of

she pondered, a WhatsApp call came

time, it was from Mrs. Olsen. She was calling

her phone, picked it

voice was changed

appearance of Finley made her understand that some

unwelcome relatives.

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

09:30

3/9

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

interested,” Keira interrupted her

something more, but Keira said, “I

she

Monday.

old lady and

to take a taxi or the subway, a

looked straight ahead, saying indifferently, “Get

in.”

refused, “I don’t think I

two weren’t on such good terms

“Grandma asked me to drive

her

09.30

4/9

glanced at her, “I need a photo

“Fine…”

the back door and sat next to

took a selfie of

them.

fingers raised and a sweet

smile.

head, and a few strands of hair fluttered across Lewis’s face,

a

hesitated for a moment. He didn’t recall old Mrs. Horton making

before they left.

must have missed

sat up straight

silent until they reached the underground

took the exclusive elevator and left with Tom.

took the staff elevator

5/9

the R&D department.

the R&D department were in a tense meeting.

“After the decision of the company’s top management, Jake, the team leader, is promoted to the vice president, who will

the technical issues of the R&D

asked, “Why is this announcement

sudden?”

doesn’t work in the office, if any of you have any problems, you can ask Vice

the research and development staff of the first and second teams have to listen

09:39

6/9

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 at the company that doesn’t

have enough energy to manage the staff of 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 project!”

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255