“I'll be back.” Zenos suddenly stood up and left the room.
“Hey,” David called and tapped Sean and Jude. “Michael hasn't read any of the chats I sent to him. Is that the same with you?” David asked, which made Sean and Jude nod. And for a certain person's ears to perk up.
“He must be in the laboratory like usual. We aren't there, so he must be overworking himself again.” Jude muttered.
'Overworking?' Xavier's brow furrowed in unhappiness. Michael had been overworking himself? For what reason? Xavier asked himself.
He leaned forward and picked up the wine. He asked casually, using that medium to get more news about Michael without alerting his friends. “Is that famous doctor Michael one of you?”
“One of us,” Sean muttered, not saying more or less. Suddenly, Xavier's phone pinged, and he picked it up. He opened his chat box and saw that he had been added to a new group.
'Welcome to the family, @Xavier.'