Fall for You After Divorce by Callie

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 the

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

mood suddenly brightened. She smiled, closed the

back from the meeting

saw Kiley, his eyes flashed with apology. “There was

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

“OK.”

My grandpa’s birthday is next

on a business trip the next few days, and I may not be able to come back on Saturday. I’ll

calling her,

voice

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 to ask her to come back so that

Maxim said coldly,

it, Kiley didn’t continue. She changed the topic and talked about

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sooner had Briana finished the plan than

birthday next Saturday.

pursed her lips and said in a cold voice, “I recently found a

she finished, she heard Zane’s furious voice. “What’s more important than your grandpa’s birthday? I don’t care. You must show

family was different now. A month ago, Desmond had told Zane that Maxim must show up at his birthday party so that others would be intimidated and wouldn’t dare to

figured that she indeed ought to tell them face to face that she and Maxim were going to

I’ll try to make

without saying anything

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

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

birth to Briana and Kiley, a friend of the Schneider family whom the Schneider family trusted a lot suddenly came to the door, saying that keeping Briana around would ruin

a long time, the Schneider family finally decided to

of the Schneider family’s blood type was a match, so they had to get Briana

The match was a success, and Briana donated bone

every time they saw Briana, their friend’s words back that year would come back to them,

the coldest 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 for more

Briana always went against her, and their conversation would always end within a minute. Their

hide the disgust in her eyes whenever she

glanced at her and coldly said, “Don’t forget that