My Only Hope

Chapter 2

"The reason behind your mystery is that you have a soulmate, and you're already bonded to that person."

The billionaire sighed and shook his head. He wasn't surprised at the seer's choice of the world, judging from her appearance and the state of the shop. He had never believed in things like soulmates and bonds. 

He looked at Tyler and chuckled. "You heard that right? She just said the impossible." Grayson sighed again before looking at the woman.

"I thought you could help me out, but I must say that I expected too much. How on earth can I have a soulmate and even bond with this person?" Grayson asked in a disappointed tone but the lady smirked in confidence.

"It's up to you to believe it. Mark my words, you will keep feeling everything that's happening to you until you save your soulmate. She's suffering, her life is slowly coming to an end, and if she dies, you will also suffer the same fate. Remember, you're already bonded to her, save her now before it's too late-"

"Nonsense!" Grayson cut off her words before she could finish her statement. He looked pissed and Tyler quickly held him by the hand to calm him down, but it was too late.

"This is absolute nonsense. I thought you were joking at first, but now I can see that you're insane." He looked at his best friend for a while before looking at the lady.

"The truth is that I don't blame you. I brought myself into this mess by coming here in the first place. You can keep your solution or whatever to yourself, I don't want it." Grayson swiftly walked out of the shop, but Tyler decided to stay back.

He saw some sense in what the seer said and he wanted to know more about it.

"Please, pardon my friend's rudeness. He doesn't believe in things like this, but I somehow believe you. Is there a way to meet my friend's soulmate? I don't want him to die and I also feel bad for his soulmate."

"He will meet her very soon. That's all I can disclose to you, the rest is at the hands of fate to decide." 

Tyler sighed. He wanted to inquire more about everything, but the woman had already ended the conversation.

"Thank you very much. I shall take my leave now." Tyler bowed before walking out of the shop to join Grayson in the car.

"Why were you so rude to her? She might be telling the truth you know." Tyler tried to reason with his best friend, but the billionaire got angry and glared at him.

"The truth you say? She just said I have a soulmate whom I'm already bonded to, and she said if that soulmate dies, I will as well. Do you think I'm in a joking mood? Do you expect me to believe her nonsense?" The billionaire's tone was high, but he slowly calmed himself down. 

"Let's forget about everything, and please don't ever bring up this issue again. You're my best friend, I can't get angry at you, but don't make me regret ever disclosing my problems to you. Let's just go back and get ready for our flight back home tomorrow." Grayson looked away from his friend and Tyler also focused his attention on the road.

"I'm sorry for upsetting you. I was only worried about you, that's why I did all this." Tyler drove off feeling hurt and scared about everything. His behavior didn't go unnoticed by the billionaire, but he decided to just let everything rest.

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Anna stared at the food she was about to eat and uncontrollable tears trailed down her heavy eyes. She has been awake for over a day decorating the house to welcome her stepsister back home. She had prepared the food for the guest and all, yet she was given a plate of dried old bread and water.