From Bullets To Billions novel Chapter 453

Chapter 453: The Weight of Trust

For Max, he was currently traveling via vehicle. They had ordered a taxi to the venue but had ordered a luxury taxiwhere all of them were able to sit in the back together, and there was even a divider between them and the driver so they could talk in private without being overheard.

Max was actually sat in his seat facing towards the other two, so he was going backward as he stared at Stephen and Darno. The silence of the expensive cabin was broken only by the distant hum of city traffic until Stephen finally voiced a long-held curiosity.

"I have to ask, and I’ve been curious for a while now, but what made you split the groups into this?" Stephen inquired, gesturing between the three of them. "Wouldn’t it make more sense for me to be with Joe, or for you to have Aron or Naby your side?"

Max smiled, because he thought this question would come up. He just assumed that it would have come up sooner than this moment. He leaned back, considering how to phrase the tactical explanation for the intricate arrangement of his team.

"There’s a lot of ways to answer your question and a lot of reasons," Max began. "But the truth, is at the end of the day, the reason why I chose both of you is because of trust."

Stephen and Darno both looked at each other oddly, given their complicated position within the Billion Bloodline organization.

"Trust, you trust me?" Darno asked, completely surprised, pointing to himself.

"No, I don’t," Max answered directly, a cold statement of fact. "I’m sure you have realized by now that there are two parts to the Billion Bloodline group, and you are not part of the other world. You are doing this because you get paid well, and are a good fighter. So because I don’t trust you, that’s why I need to keep you closer compared to the others."

Darno was nodding like he understood and accepted the brutal logic. It was true. He was happy to fight and be paid handsomely, but he wasn’t going to be risking his life for some gang he didn’t really care about. Being Max’s visible bodyguard ensured he was well-compensated and under Max’s direct supervision.

"But what about me? I’m not a stranger," Stephen challenged. "But I don’t think you trust me a hundred percent, over someone like Aron right? That can’t be, or even Joe?"

Max laughed because he was sure that Stephen would have heard about how he and Joe had met up before.

"First, Sheri needed someone strong to protect her, which is why Aron went along with her," Max systematically explained the arrangements. "Na is also not part of the group, so I had to put him with someone who can control him. For some reason, Na listens to Aron quite a bit."

He continued the reasoning, addressing the tactical weaknesses of the group. "Although Joe is strong and has improved by leaps and bounds, it’s still a fact that he is the weakest of the group, so I needed some way to balance things all out between all of us. Joe is Loyal, and Wolf is too, to a degree but not too much. So all of the relationships and people I have tried to even these things out and this was the best I can come up with."

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