After getting the news about Sheena's death, Karan [ Sheena's brother] came and requested to do the funeral back at Country I, next to Jayesh.
Given that Jayesh had willed his everything to Max. His home, his property, his company, his factories, his farmhouses, his businesses, everything would belong to Max the moment he would turn 25. So, they wanted Max and James to return back to Country I.
But James didn't budge an inch and let Karan leave empty-handed. Later, he married Sierra and he engrossed himself in work, while Sierra would take care of household matter, turning Max life into living hell.
After all, Max was born with a silver spoon. While, she was poor, she had to work in nightclub to make the ends meet. Max bear it silently, as there was no one to care about it. His father had long started avoiding him. Soon, Anna came in James and Sierra's life and they Max stopped existing for them, completely.