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 at the auction

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

mood suddenly brightened. She smiled, closed the box,

from the

his eyes flashed

stood up with a gentle smile and said tenderly, “It’s fine. I

“OK.”

invitation on your desk. My grandpa’s birthday is next Saturday.

on a business trip the next few days, and I

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

mention of Briana, Maxim frowned, and his voice was a little cold. “What do you want

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

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

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

***

Briana finished the plan

your grandpa’s birthday next Saturday.

“I recently found a job. I may be

grandpa’s birthday? I don’t care. You must

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

face to face that she and Maxim were going to get a divorce, as she wanted no extra trouble in the

try to make time

without

asked Kiley to send Maxim the invitation. Then

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

gave birth to Briana and Kiley, a friend of the Schneider family whom the Schneider family

finally decided to leave Briana at the gate of the

sixteen, and none of the Schneider family’s blood type was

match was a success,

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

remote area, she figured that Briana was nothing but a

went against her, and their conversation would always

the disgust in

her and coldly said, “Don’t forget that

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