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.”

the box and saw the necklace Maxim had bought at

him who it was for, he didn’t

closed the box,

back from the meeting an

Kiley, his eyes flashed with apology. “There was a last-minute

gentle smile and said tenderly, “It’s fine. I understand. I ordered

“OK.”

your desk. My grandpa’s birthday is

go on a business trip the next few days, and I may not be able to come back on

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

Briana, Maxim frowned, and his voice was a little cold. “What

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 with them a while ago. It’s Grandpa’s birthday next Saturday, so I want

silence, Maxim said coldly, “I’ll tell her

Maxim was reluctant to talk about it, Kiley didn’t continue. She

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plan than

your grandpa’s birthday next Saturday. Come

pursed her lips and said in a cold voice, “I recently found a job. I may be very busy and may

finished, she heard Zane’s furious voice. “What’s more important than your grandpa’s birthday? I don’t care. You must show up there next Saturday. You’d better come with

that Maxim must show up at his birthday party so that others would be intimidated and wouldn’t dare

indeed ought to tell them face to face that she and Maxim were going to get a divorce, as she wanted no extra trouble in

see. I’ll try to make time for

without saying anything

displeased with Zane’s behavior and frowned. “You already asked Kiley to send

the daughter who had not grown up with her since childhood, even though Briana

of the Schneider family whom the Schneider family trusted a lot suddenly came to

decided to leave Briana at the gate of the

Kiley suddenly fell ill at the age of sixteen, and none of the Schneider family’s blood type was a match, so they had

Kiley were twins, so they were genetically similar to each other. The match was a success, and Briana donated bone marrow to Kiley. In such a way, Briana stayed

that year would come back to them, which always irritated them,

When she 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

went against her, and their conversation would always

even hide the disgust in her

coldly said, “Don’t forget

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