How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire

Chapter 24: Chapter 24

Several people turned their heads in unison, looking towards the speaker.

It was Jalen Riley.

He had dark circles under his eyes and a look of annoyance on his face.

Jake Horton was astonished, “You’re her husband?”

“Of course not,” Jalen Riley curled his lip, “If her husband were any bit of a man and knew you were bullying her here, he would definitely come and fight you! How could he do nothing at all?”

Jake Horton: “…”

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He suppressed his pain and stood up, staring at Jalen Riley with a sinister gaze, “I want to transfer her to our second group.”

“No way,” Jalen Riley stated dominantly, “You don’t get to make decisions about people in my group.”

He still had that arrogant demeanor, but to Keira Olsen, it suddenly seemed much more agreeable.

Jake Horton, puzzled, asked, “She’s just a nepotism hire, don’t you hate those the most?”

Jalen Riley scoffed, “What right do you have to mock her? At least she’s just a junior employee, but you, a bachelor’s degree holder, are the leader of the second group! You have the nerve to call others nepotism hires?”

Jake Horton was so irritated his teeth hurt, “It’s not the same, I’m the legitimate grandson of the first branch of the Horton family!”

“Oh, the biggest nepotism hire of the Horton Group itself.”

“…”

Jake Horton took a deep breath and suddenly said, “In a few days, Dr. South will be coming to my research team. Jalen Riley, isn’t he your idol? Just stay out of this matter, and I can introduce you to him.”

Jalen Riley fell silent.

Who among those researching new energy sources didn’t idolize Dr. South?

Jalen Riley had read Dr. South’s published papers over and over, growing to admire him more each time.

He had always been looking for various channels, trying to find a way to meet Dr. South.

Now Jake Horton was using this to threaten him…

Jalen Riley hesitated for a second out of respect for Dr. South, then said, “No!”

He turned to Keira Olsen, “Stop making a fool of yourself here, let’s go back!”

Keira Olsen looked towards the direction where Lewis Horton had been, only to find that the man had left at some unknown point.

She silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Good that he was gone, or else her comment about “good stamina” would have been too embarrassing.

She followed by Jalen Riley’s side, and the two left the archive room.

Jalen Riley frowned unhappily, “All because of you, I missed the chance to meet Dr. South!”

Keira Olsen, however, laughed, “There will be other opportunities.”

Jalen Riley scolded her again, “As an undergraduate, can’t you just behave and stay in the office? Why come here and demean yourself!”

Keira Olsen didn’t take it to heart.

Luca Barker was right, despite the grouchy mouth, the leader was actually pretty decent.

Jake Horton, still standing in the original spot, had a dark look in his eyes.

He clenched his fists tightly.

One day, he would make Keira Olsen come begging to him in tears!

He took a deep breath, and once the pain in his body had subsided a bit, he dialed Isla Olsen’s phone, “Tomorrow afternoon, aren’t you having lunch with Dr. South? Take me with you!”

…

Keira Olsen and Jalen Riley returned to the first research and development team and saw the messages on WhatsApp.

She used the excuse of having a meal and went to the top floor, into Lewis Horton’s office.

The man was dressed in a white shirt and black suit, looking very refined and gentlemanly. Without lifting his head, he pointed towards the side dining table, “You go ahead and eat.”

Keira Olsen felt somewhat guilty.

By the look of him, he probably hadn’t heard what she had said, right?

As she was thinking this, she heard the sound of taking a photo from a phone.

Lewis Horton coolly finished taking the photo and sent it to “Fragile Grandma who can’t stand to be irritated” via WhatsApp, then finally came over.

Knowing the purpose of his photo-taking, Keira Olsen didn’t ask further. Instead, looking at the dining table and grasping at straws for conversation, she said, “Mr. Horton’s lunch is quite lavish.”

“Mm.”

The man took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and sat down across from her, elegantly picking up the chopsticks, “After all, one can only have good physical strength if they keep up with their nutrition.”

Keira Olsen: !!!

She felt her cheeks heat up as her eyes faintly swept over the exposed half of his strong forearm, and then she packed a serving of the meal.

“Mr. Horton, I suddenly remembered that I haven’t fed my cat, I’ll be leaving first.”

She picked up the portion of the meal: “Thanks for the lunch.”

Lewis Horton’s face stiffened for a moment.

Keira Olsen was greatly pleased.

…

Research and Development Department, Team One.

Jalen Riley ate his takeaway with as much enthusiasm as chewing wax, thinking about the scene he had witnessed that day.

He had initially thought the undergraduate was all talk and no action, but could it be that she was so driven because she was let down by Jake Horton and wanted to make a big splash to stand out?

Thinking about the demands Jake had made, they were indeed humiliating.

No wonder she was so eager to learn more.

Unfortunately, haste makes waste. Without a solid foundation, even if she saw those profound materials, she wouldn’t be able to understand them.

He stood up and walked over to Luca Barker, speaking in a low voice, “Find something for that undergraduate to do this afternoon, guide her a bit.”

Luca Barker was startled: “Ah, alright.”

Jalen Riley’s face was a bit embarrassed as he said fiercely, “So that she doesn’t run around causing us trouble!”

Luca Barker: “…”

So, when Keira Olsen was about to visit the data library again in the afternoon, she was stopped by Luca Barker: “The team leader said we don’t keep freeloaders here, you need to complete your work before you can study in the data library.”

He arranged for her some basic tasks that had already been completed.

Without a clear scientific research direction, it was quite troublesome to sort these things out bit by bit.

However, newcomers could learn a lot from it.

Luca Barker thought it would take at least a month, if not more, to get a clear understanding of these tasks.

But to his surprise, Keira Olsen handed in her work after just half an hour.

Luca Barker: “…”

He checked the work content and found that what she had completed was even better than theirs!

Keira Olsen humbly asked, “Is there any more work? If not, I’ll head to the data library.”

What could Luca Barker arrange on the spot?

He still had a lot of things he couldn’t figure out.

He bit the bullet and assigned her the work he had on his hands.

The module he was responsible for, he had been working on for a week and still hadn’t finished, although it was a bit difficult… But it seemed that the junior’s basics were pretty solid?

So a foray into something profound would make her realize the reality and she would then obediently follow their lead in learning, right?

Yet an hour later, Keira Olsen actually came to submit her work again!

“Finished?”

Luca Barker was stunned, looking at the email on his computer, he found that the technical point he had been stuck on, she had easily resolved!!!

Luca Barker went to find Jalen Riley.

Jalen Riley pondered, “The point you were stuck on is because you were fixating on a dead end. The undergraduate must have gotten lucky and found another solution. Continue to assign her more difficult tasks.”

Luca Barker: “… Any more difficult, and it would mean throwing the core technical problems at her to solve!”

This problem had stumped Jalen Riley for a month!

Jalen Riley: “Give it to her!”

Since it was just to keep her busy so she wouldn’t wander off, let her see what a real scientific research problem was like!

And so, Luca Barker heartlessly tossed the core technical problem that had been plaguing the whole team over to Keira Olsen…