Chapter 71

LINDEN

“Bro, we can’t pretend the boss wasn’t here earlier. Care to tell us what you two talked about?” Sax was very predictable. I knew he wouldn’t let it go. He was still keeping grudges against me when I didn’t tell him the whole detail of how I ended up beaten up.

“You mean,

you

wanna know?”

Pissed off, he stood up from the chair and was ready to leave. “Fine. Don’t tell me.”

Before he could walk out of my office door, I called him. “Sax.”

“No. I get it. You’re different now. You’re our boss. Your words are your order for subordinates like us to follow. I guess I just got used to the idea that you’re still the friend I used to laugh and joke around with. “See you at Osmium, boss.”

“Sax,” I called his name again, but he chose to ignore me and left.

I shut my laptop and rubbed my temple. I was typing an email, but I couldn’t concentrate anymore, no matter how important it was. I left my office to find him and met my wife in t