Chapter 60: Chapter 60
The meeting room was completely silent, not a sound to be heard.
All around, everyone looked at Samuel Morgan in shock, their eyes incredulously sliding back and forth between Keira Olsen and Samuel Morgan, feeling as if their brains had frozen.
Why did Samuel Morgan call Keira Olsen Dr. South?
Could it be… Keira Olsen is Dr. South?
Jake Horton cried out in surprise, “Samuel Morgan, what nonsense are you spouting? One cannot casually claim to be Dr. South!”
Samuel Morgan smiled. “I knew you would question this.”
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He pulled out a patent certification from the bag he was carrying and held it up, turning it around for everyone to see.
It was the identity proof of Dr. South, and the name written on it was indeed Keira Olsen! An official seal from a legitimate institution, it could not be falsified.
Jake Horton’s pupils contracted, and he stood there dumbfounded as if he had been struck by lightning.
He stared blankly at Keira Olsen, suddenly feeling like he was a laughingstock!
Initially, he had chosen Isla Olsen over her, not just because of her status as an illegitimate daughter but also because Isla could bring him the connection to Dr. South, making it easy for him to establish himself in the Horton Group’s research and development department…
But now, the situation made him feel like a clown!
He abruptly looked at Isla Olsen, his face morphing into fury, “What on earth is going on?!”
Isla Olsen’s entire body trembled uncontrollably.
She had originally hinted to Poppy Hill to steal Keira Olsen’s plan, claiming it was from Dr. South, a risky move, yet events unfolded precisely as she had designed…
Everyone was convinced that it was Keira Olsen who had stolen it, and to avoid upsetting Dr. South, they would definitely not bring it up to Dr. South.
Even if Samuel Morgan appeared and testified for Keira Olsen, not many would believe him!
But she had never imagined that Keira Olsen was Dr. South!
She bit her lip hard, wanting to say something to quell Jake Horton’s fury, but at the moment she didn’t know what to say…
Seeing this, Poppy Hill suddenly got up from the ground, stretched out her hand, and slapped toward Keira Olsen, “Wretched girl! How can you be Dr. South? You were not good at studying from childhood, you almost didn’t get into university, barely making it in—this can’t be possible! It must be Samuel Morgan lying for you! Tell everyone that you’re a fake, that you stole the plan from your sister!”
This behavior, where was the deep motherly affection from before?
Keira Olsen took a step back to dodge her attack, and said coldly, “Have you forgotten why I wasn’t good at studying?”
Poppy Hill paused.
“When school first started, on my first exam, I ranked first in my class. Who was it that punished me by making me kneel all night, not allowing me to overshadow Isla Olsen? Who made me turn in blank exams every time and forbid me from studying properly? Who told me that if I dared to do well in school, she would sell me to human traffickers?”
Keira Olsen looked down, her tone soft, “I had to try harder than others, after all, controlling scores in college entrance exams is tough.”
She rarely spoke of the past, but today, with Poppy Hill here creating the image of a perfect mother, she had no choice but to speak these words in order to explain the slander against her.
Everyone was stunned, all eyes fixed on Poppy Hill.
Incredulous that there could be such a mother in this world!
The head of the Administrative Department stood frozen in place.
He had thought he was empathizing with a pitiful mother, but the truth turned out to be this?
Lewis Horton, who had been seated in the audience, stood up, his lips tightly shut, his gaze deeply fixed on Keira Olsen.
The girl’s words were all light and airy, as if she were telling someone else’s story… but he understood that every word she uttered was tearing at old wounds, exposing a bloody truth for everyone to see!!
He thought of the investigations he had asked Tom Davis to conduct…
She left the Olsen Family in middle school, working and studying part-time, and barely made it into Oceanion University.
Oceanion University’s tuition wasn’t low, yet she had never applied for financial aid and had worked countless jobs outside…
When he saw Tom Davis’s investigation, he hadn’t felt much pity.
But now, as she shed all her pride and casually revealed those unbearable facts, he felt a tightness in his chest, an intense suffocation.
Poppy Hill heard this without a trace of remorse, jumping up and saying, “Numerical control? Fine, you’re playing that game! Kiera Olsen, so young yet so scheming, daring to deceive me! You’re really no good! I shouldn’t have sent you to school, you trash, bastard, hiding and plotting secretly, even setting up this trap, deliberately framing Isla!”
“Enough!”
Lewis Horton couldn’t bear it any longer, and after shouting loudly, he turned directly to Isla Olsen, “Miss Isla Olsen, what do you have to say?!”
Poppy Hill is Kiera Olsen’s mother… in this matter, it’s clear that she’s just a pawn being used, and Lewis Horton didn’t want to deal with her, instead he looked directly at the main culprit.
Isla Olsen immediately clenched her fists, looking subconsciously towards Jake Horton.
Jake Horton was staring at her with a dark face, “You better give me an explanation!”
Tears welled up in Isla Olsen’s eyes as she cried out, “I, I didn’t know… Jake, you have to believe me, Dr. South really did send me an email… Aunt Hill, what is going on?!”
Poppy Hill scoffed directly, “I did all of this, it has nothing to do with Isla!”
She looked at Kiera Olsen, “A few days ago, you called the police and had them throw me in jail for two days. Ever since I got out, I’ve been thinking about getting back at you! I happened to hear Isla mention that your department was in a competition, so I thought of this plan! Hahaha, that day, when you went to Mrs. Olsen’s hospital room, I stole your laptop and took the plans! The video you just saw, I indeed wasn’t going to Isla’s computer to steal anything, I was bringing her something! It was to use Dr. South to suppress you, you unfilial daughter!”
She no longer exhibited any trace of weakness or pity from before, now only appearing like a spiteful, market woman, hands on her hips, staring at Kiera Olsen and saying, “I’m your mother, what can you do to me?! Besides, I’m not an employee of the Horton Group, you can’t punish me!”
Kiera Olsen found her ignorant and laughable.
Just as she was about to speak, Lewis Horton’s voice came again, “Jalen Riley, you take Dr. South back first. I’ll handle the situation here.”
Kiera Olsen was momentarily stunned.
She understood that Lewis Horton was worried that her presence would make it difficult for her if the Horton Group pursued Poppy Hill’s responsibility, so he specially sent her out.
She was silent for a moment, then accepted his kindness.
She, Jalen Riley, and Samuel Morgan left the conference room first, then took the elevator to the Administrative Department.
Jalen Riley looked stunned, still staring at Kiera Olsen as if he were dazed…
Even upon entering the office, he hadn’t come back to his senses.
Just as they had returned to the office, the Administrative Department’s team surged in:
“What happened? How did it end?”
“Team leader, why that look? Don’t tell me Mr. Olsen’s punishment is very severe?”
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Everyone was anxiously worried, and Luca Barker was especially frantic, “Junior, what do we do now? I heard Dr. South’s assistant also came, let’s all go to him and ask Dr. South to let you off…”
“Right, as long as Dr. South speaks for you, it’s all over!”
Kiera Olsen: “…”
While everyone was speaking, Jalen Riley finally snapped out of it, pointing at Kiera Olsen and stuttering, “You, you really are… Dr. South?! ”