Route::group(['prefix' => 'inbox', 'middleware' => 'auth'], function(){
    Route::get('/', ['uses' => 'InboxController@inbox',])->name('inbox');
    Route::get('/message/{id?}', 'InboxController@message')->name('message');
    Route::get('/read/{id?}', 'InboxController@read')->name('read');
});

<a href="{{ route('read'). '/' .$message->id }}">
    <div class="letter-icon-title text-default">{{$message->messageSender->name}}</div>
</a>

public function read(Request $request, $id)
{
    $getMessage   = Inbox::where('id', $id)->get();

    $user_id      = Auth::user()->id;
    $sender_id    = $getMessage->first()->sender;
    $recipient_id = $getMessage->first()->recipient;
    $seen         = $getMessage->first()->seen;

    $data = $this->getMessage($id);

    return view("layouts/inbox/theme-limitless/message", $data, $this->countMessages());
}

public function getMessage($id)
{
    $getMessage      = Inbox::where('id', $id)->get();

    $date            = $getMessage->first()->created_at;
    $status          = $getMessage->first()->seen;
    $subject         = $getMessage->first()->subject;
    $message         = $getMessage->first()->message;

    $user_id         = Auth::user()->id;
    $sender_id       = $getMessage->first()->sender;
    $message_id      = $getMessage->first()->id;
    $recipient_id    = $getMessage->first()->recipient;

    $sender          = $getMessage->first()->messageSender->name;
    $sender_email          = $getMessage->first()->messageSender->email;
    $recipient       = User::where('id', $recipient_id)->first()->name;


    $data =  [
                'id'           => $message_id,
                'date'         => $date,
                'sender'       => $sender,
                'subject'      => $subject,
                'message'      => $message,
                'user_id'      => $user_id,
                'sender_id'    => $sender_id,
                'recipient'    => $recipient,
                'recipient_id' => $recipient_id,
                'sender_email' => $sender_email,
             ];

    return $data;
}