How I Accidentally Married a Billionaire

“What do I need to ask you for?”

Jake Horton sneered, “Keira Olsen, this is a personnel change at Horton Group, your personal wishes are irrelevant.”

“And what about Dr. South’s opinion?”

Keira Olsen’s tone was very light, her expression laced with irony.

Jake Horton was stunned, “What does Dr. South’s opinion have to do with you?”

Could it be… she knew Dr. South?

The smile at the corner of Keira Olsen’s lips grew colder, “I am…”

Before she could utter the words “Dr. South,” Luca Barker suddenly stepped forward, blocking her:

“I’ll follow the team leader!”

Keira Olsen’s pupils suddenly dilated, looking at Luca Barker in astonishment.

The rest of Team One laughed as well, saying:

“Right, we all follow the team leader!”

Keira Olsen looked incredulously at the members of Team One.

Just half an hour ago, they were attacking her for not working properly, but now, they were standing by her side without hesitation.

Jake Horton was not only the deputy director of the R&D department but also the legitimate grandson of Horton Group.

Once he became overwhelmingly powerful, how could those who angered him continue to work at Horton Group?

Yet they didn’t seem to consider this at all…

A lump formed in Keira Olsen’s throat, joy seeping into her eyes.@@novelbin@@

Jake Horton’s face turned even darker, suppressing the anger in his chest, he directly sneered, “It seems the pressure on your R&D team is too low, so you don’t need Dr. South’s help. Since that’s the case, I suppose the project wrap-up, shouldn’t be difficult for you, right? Submit the solution by the end of work this Friday.”

The whole R&D progress was divided into two parts, Team One and Team Two each responsible for a portion.

The biggest challenge of the project was how to integrate both parts seamlessly.

Handing it over to Team One was not a problem, Jalen Riley could definitely solve the issue in two or three months, but Jake Horton had only given them one week?

Jalen Riley retorted angrily, “This is completely unreasonable!”

However, Jake Horton said, “With Dr. South’s participation, it could be done in three days. Aren’t you the ones who claimed to be capable and didn’t need Dr. South? Giving you a week is already more than enough!”

Leaving those words, he turned and walked out.

Keira Olsen’s gaze darkened slightly, she followed him out of the office door, speaking up, “Can we talk?”

Jake Horton narrowed his eyes, the two of them moved to the corridor.

Keira Olsen looked at him, “Care to make a bet?”

His mind went blank for a moment at her words.

He remembered during their senior year of college, he had used the same tactic to pursue her.

The vigorous him had said to her, “Kiera, care to make a bet? Whoever finishes their thesis first gets to make a request from the other.”

She looked at him with those childishly naive eyes but eventually nodded her head.

Latter, after several all-nighters, he successfully completed his thesis.

He went to find her, the condition he proposed was that he would give her a gift at the graduation ceremony and asked her not to reject it…

But in the end, he didn’t give her that gift.

She was an illegitimate daughter… This made his four years of pursuit look like a joke!

Jake Horton’s face gradually became mocking as he looked at Keira Olsen, “Why should I bet with you?”

Keira Olsen taunted, “Are you afraid of losing to me again?”

Jake Horton was stunned, “Again?”

Keira Olsen took out her phone, opened her email, and handed it to him, “At that time, I won.”

Jake Horton glanced at the email timestamp on her phone and realized that the day after their bet, she had submitted her paper!

His pupils shrank.

Only then did he realize that he had actually never caught up with her pace…

His male pride made him ask involuntarily, “What bet?”

Keira Olsen slowly said, “If Group One can submit a solution before closing time on Friday, and Dr. South doesn’t give you one, I hope you will never interfere with the work of the research and development department’s Group One!”

She was destined not to work here for long, so she wanted to resolve the future worries of the employees in Group One.

Jake Horton sneered, “And if you don’t turn it in, but Dr. South gives me a solution, then from now on you’ll have to follow my orders!”

“Deal.”

Jake Horton saw her unhesitant manner and asked puzzledly, “Keira Olsen, I know you’re very impressive professionally, but what makes you think you can surpass Dr. South?”

Keira Olsen laughed mockingly, “Would Dr. South really help you solve the problem? Did he personally promise to provide technical support for Horton Group?”

Jake Horton was taken aback.

Keira Olsen didn’t pay him any more attention, she returned to Group One of the R&D department and found everyone sighing and groaning.

But as soon as they saw her, they immediately started making suggestive gestures and deliberately spoke up:

“Hey, actually, it’s not that we really want to see Dr. South… That’s a high and mighty deity, even if we get to see him, would it make our ‘chickens and dogs ascend to heaven’?”

“Right, right, right, seeing him could make my IQ rise to 250, right?”

“Keira Olsen, don’t worry either, the project is so difficult, even if we can’t finish it, what can Jake Horton do to us, really?”

“…”

Even Jalen Riley coughed and said menacingly, “Enough! Didn’t you see new work has arrived? What are you gossiping about here?! Get to work! Come to the meeting room, we are reallocating tasks!”

“Coming~”

Keira Olsen watched as everyone rushed into the meeting room and then followed at a leisurely pace.

Jalen Riley seemed to be waiting for her. As she entered, he began to assign tasks…

At closing time, Keira Olsen thought everyone would have to work overtime, but to her surprise, all the employees packed up and left directly.

Keira Olsen also took her computer and went to the underground parking lot.

She didn’t notice that after she left, the colleagues from Group One who had originally departed, one by one, came back… to work overtime.

In the Bentley in the underground parking lot.

Tom Davis inquired, “Boss, shall we go?”

“No rush.”

Lewis Horton said indifferently, still holding that thick file in his hands.

Tom Davis was about to ask whom he was waiting for when he saw Keira Olsen approach and naturally get into the car.

It was then that Lewis Horton looked up and said, “Let’s go.”

Tom Davis: ?

The boss didn’t seem to have an arrangement to leave work with Miss Olsen?

The vehicle drove steadily on the road.

Keira Olsen looked at Lewis Horton, glanced at the book in his hand, and thought about borrowing it for a look, but considering work… she decided to wait until after three days to ask.

The two of them were quiet on the way, quickly returning to the hospital.

Just as they arrived at the VIP ward area on the third floor, they heard the loud voice of Poppy Hill: “Old Mrs. Horton, I came to see you specially… Speaking of which, we really do have a connection…”

Old Mrs. Horton blocked the entrance to the ward, her eyes filled with rage as she stared at Poppy Hill: “Get out! If you don’t leave, I’ll have someone beat you up!”

Poppy Hill offered a flattering smile, looking every bit the mercenary type: “I’m Keira Olsen’s mother, you love her the most, don’t you? For her sake, you shouldn’t treat me like this…”

“You’re not her mother!” Old Mrs. Horton declared confidently: “Mrs. Olsen is her mother!”

Upon hearing this, Poppy Hill instantly broke into a cold sweat and reflexively asked, “How did you know?!”