Chapter 7

Maxim’s eyes flashed with anticipation, and yet disappointment replaced the expression when he saw the caller ID flickering on the screen.

It was Kiley. The second he picked the phone up, he heard her voice with a smile. She said, “Maxim, my grandpa’s birthday is coming up, and my parents put me in charge of delivering invitations. Are you free later? I’m just passing by the Yoder Group, and I’ll drop you off the invitation. We can have lunch together. What do you say?”

Maxim said indifferently, “OK.”

“Alright. See you later.”

After putting down the phone, he wasn’t at ease at all. Instead, he was even more irritated and depressed. He couldn’t read the files in his hand at all.

To his surprise, Briana was so resolute this time and wouldn’t reach out to him whatsoever.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

Rayan came in with a document and looked solemn. “Mr. Yoder, I just got the news that the land in the east of the city seems to be auctioned in advance!”

Maxim’s expression changed, and he immediately said, “Go tell the project manager and the shareholders that a meeting will be held in five minutes.”

When Kiley arrived, Maxim was still in the meeting. Rayan received her.

“Ms. Schneider, Mr. Yoder has just started a meeting. He asked me to take you to his office and wait for him.”

She smiled gently, “Thank you.”

Rayan led Kiley into Maxim’s office, told her to tell him if she needed anything, and then left.

After the door was closed, Kiley went to Maxim’s desk. She was about to put the gold-plated invitation on the desk when she saw a red box on it and paused for a moment.

It looked like a jewelry box. Considering that her birthday was coming up as well, she wondered whether this was Maxim’s birthday gift for her.

After a moment’s hesitation, Kiley picked up the box.

She thought, “It’s his gift for me anyway. I guess taking a look won’t matter.”

box and saw the necklace Maxim

he didn’t

She smiled, closed the box, and put

from the meeting an

his eyes flashed with apology. “There was

fine. I understand. I ordered some food, and it

“OK.”

invitation on your desk. My grandpa’s birthday is next Saturday. Are you free to

trip the next few days, and I may not be able

my sister recently? I’ve been calling her, and all I’ve got is a busy tone. Do

voice was a little cold. “What do you want with

lips and looked worried. “You know that things between my sister and the family aren’t that good. She was brought back when she was 16 years old, and then she has been feeling that my parents are biased. She had a fallout

seconds of silence, Maxim said coldly, “I’ll

didn’t continue.

***

the plan than she received a

birthday

cold voice, “I recently found a job. I may be very

heard Zane’s furious voice. “What’s more important than your grandpa’s birthday? I don’t

ago, Desmond had told Zane that Maxim must show up at his

figured that she indeed ought to tell them face to face that she and Maxim were going to get a divorce, as

see. I’ll try to make time

hung up without saying

with Zane’s behavior and frowned. “You already asked Kiley to send Maxim the invitation. Then why did

adore Briana, the daughter who had not grown up with

birth to Briana and Kiley, a friend of the Schneider family whom the Schneider family trusted a lot suddenly came to

long time, the Schneider family finally decided

none of the Schneider family’s blood type was a match, so they had to get Briana

a success, and Briana donated

year would come back to them, which always irritated them, so they had always

learned that Briana had been adopted by a rural family in a remote area, she figured that Briana was nothing but a bumpkin who smelt like dirt. Whenever

conversation would always end within a minute. Their relationship became

the disgust in her eyes whenever

her and coldly said, “Don’t forget

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