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.”

and saw the necklace Maxim had bought at the

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

mood suddenly brightened. She smiled, closed the box, and

from the meeting an

Kiley, his eyes flashed with apology. “There

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

“OK.”

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

“I have to go on a business trip the next few days, and I may

heard from my sister recently? I’ve been calling her,

voice was a little

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

few seconds of silence, Maxim said

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

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plan than she received a

your grandpa’s birthday next Saturday.

in a cold voice, “I recently found

your grandpa’s birthday? I don’t care. You must show up there next Saturday. You’d better come with

show up at his birthday party so that others would be intimidated and wouldn’t dare to plot against the Schneider

to face that she and Maxim were

I’ll try to make

without saying anything

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

it hard to adore Briana, the daughter who had not grown

then, shortly after she gave birth to Briana and Kiley, a friend of the Schneider family whom the Schneider family trusted a

family finally decided to leave Briana at the gate of

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

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

back that year would come back to them, which always irritated them,

rural family in a remote area, she figured that Briana was nothing but

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

disgust in her

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