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.

anyway. I guess taking a look won’t

the box and saw the necklace Maxim

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

brightened. She smiled, closed

from the meeting an

flashed with apology. “There

gentle smile and said tenderly, “It’s fine. I understand. I ordered some food, and it should be here

“OK.”

invitation on your desk. My grandpa’s birthday is

few days, and I may not be able to

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

of Briana, Maxim frowned, and his voice was

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 want to ask her to come back so that she can ease

of silence, Maxim

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

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plan than

birthday

pursed her lips and said in a cold voice, “I recently found a

“What’s more important than your grandpa’s birthday?

Maxim must show up at his birthday party

thought about it. She figured that she indeed ought to tell them face to face that she and

I’ll try to make

without saying anything

“You already asked Kiley to send Maxim the invitation.

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 trusted a lot suddenly came to the door,

decided to leave Briana at the gate of

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

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

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

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