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.”

necklace Maxim had bought at the auction

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

brightened. She smiled, closed the box, and put it

came back from the meeting an hour

his eyes flashed with

up with a gentle smile and said tenderly, “It’s fine. I understand. I ordered some food,

“OK.”

your desk. My grandpa’s birthday is next Saturday. Are

on a business trip the next few days,

her, and all I’ve got is a busy tone. Do you know where

Maxim frowned, and his voice was

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

Maxim said coldly, “I’ll tell her

to talk about it, Kiley didn’t continue.

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plan than she received a call

your grandpa’s birthday next Saturday. Come

and said in a cold voice, “I recently found a job. I

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

up at his birthday party so that others would

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

try to make

up without saying

to send Maxim the invitation. Then why did you

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

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

time, the Schneider family finally decided to leave Briana at

suddenly fell ill at the age of sixteen, and none of the Schneider

success, and Briana donated

they saw Briana, their friend’s words back that year would come back to them, which always irritated them, so they

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

conversation would always end within a minute. Their relationship became worse and

now, Mallory couldn’t even hide the disgust in her eyes whenever she heard Briana’s

and coldly said, “Don’t forget that Briana is Maxim’s