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 had bought

asked him who it was for, he didn’t say anything. Now she knew he

brightened. She smiled, closed the box,

the meeting an hour

eyes flashed with apology. “There was

smile and said tenderly, “It’s fine. I understand. I ordered some food, and it should

“OK.”

the invitation on your desk. My grandpa’s

the next few days,

the way, have you heard from my sister recently? I’ve been calling her,

voice was a little cold. “What do you

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 to ask her to

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

didn’t continue.

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finished the plan than she

birthday next

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

important than your grandpa’s birthday? I don’t care. You must show up

show up at his birthday party

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

I’ll try to

up without saying

already asked Kiley to send Maxim the invitation. Then why did you ask Briana

to adore Briana, the daughter who had not grown up with her since

a friend of the Schneider family whom the Schneider family trusted a lot suddenly came to the door,

Schneider family finally decided to leave Briana at

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

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

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

among all. 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 dirt. Whenever Briana stood next to Kiley, the daughter she had doted on

conversation would always

the disgust in her eyes whenever she

coldly said, “Don’t forget

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