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.

me anyway. I

box and saw the necklace Maxim had bought at the auction in

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

brightened. She smiled, closed the box,

the meeting

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

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

“OK.”

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

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

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

of Briana, Maxim frowned, and his voice was

aren’t that good. She 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 few seconds of silence, Maxim said coldly,

was reluctant to talk about it, Kiley didn’t continue. She changed

***

finished the plan

birthday next Saturday.

found a job. I may be very busy and

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

ago, Desmond had told Zane that Maxim must show up at his birthday party so that others would be intimidated and wouldn’t dare

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

I’ll try to make time for

up without

to send Maxim the invitation. Then why did you ask Briana to bring

daughter who had not grown up with her since childhood, even though Briana looked like Kiley a

the Schneider family

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

ill at the age of sixteen, and none of the Schneider family’s blood type was a match,

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

would come back to them, which always irritated them, so they

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