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

he didn’t say

brightened. She smiled, closed the box, and put

back from the meeting

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

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

“OK.”

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

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

sister recently? I’ve been calling her, and all I’ve got is a busy tone. Do

voice

things between my sister 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

a few seconds of silence, Maxim said coldly, “I’ll tell her about

Maxim was reluctant to talk about it, Kiley didn’t continue. She changed the topic and

***

finished the plan

birthday next Saturday. Come

recently found a job. I may be

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

show up at his birthday party so that others would be intimidated

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

see. I’ll try to make time for

without

with Zane’s behavior and frowned. “You already asked Kiley to send Maxim the invitation. Then why did you ask

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

the Schneider family whom the Schneider family

Schneider family finally decided to leave Briana at the gate of the welfare

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

so they were genetically similar to each other. The match was a success, and Briana donated bone marrow to Kiley. In such a way, Briana stayed with

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

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.

would always end within a minute. Their relationship became worse

disgust in

and coldly said,

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