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

didn’t say anything.

She smiled, closed the box, and put

came back from the meeting

eyes flashed with apology. “There

said tenderly, “It’s fine. I understand. I ordered some food,

“OK.”

I’ve put the invitation on your desk. My grandpa’s birthday is next Saturday. Are

few days, and I may not be able to come back on Saturday.

you heard from my sister recently? I’ve been calling her, and all I’ve got is a busy

and his voice was a

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 she can ease the

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

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

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finished the plan than she received a

your grandpa’s birthday next Saturday.

voice, “I recently found a job. I may

furious voice. “What’s more important than your grandpa’s birthday? I don’t care. You

ago, Desmond had told Zane that Maxim must show up at his

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

try to make time

without saying

frowned. “You already asked Kiley to

grown up with her since

Kiley, a friend of the Schneider family whom the Schneider

finally decided to leave Briana at the

the age of sixteen, and none of the

Kiley were twins, so they were genetically similar to each other. The match was a success, and Briana donated

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

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

would always end within a minute. Their relationship became

disgust in her eyes

her and coldly said,