Chapter 157

• "Hey, Max, you've been very distracted lately, is everything okay with you? Is everything going well at work?" Ethan asked, as they had lunch in the VIP area of a luxurious restaurant in the city center. Most of the time, the magnate had been completely lost in thought, his body physically present with his friends, but his mind elsewhere.
• "Ethan is right," Jesse seconded, "I've noticed you've been acting strange lately, tell us what's going on."
• "I'm not up to anything," Maximilien replied, coming back to reality and taking a sip of his glass of red wine. "It's just work stuff, nothing important," he added.