Compromise In Love [Book Two]

Chapter 1

Justine's POV

Staying in a foreign country is not easy, especially when you are alone. I have been traveling to many places lately in search of my missing best friend. He magically vanished one day and we could not find any traces from him.

The authorities advised us that he could have been potentially dead for a long time now but we refused to believe them.

Jun would never leave us like that. He is a very responsible person, friend, son, and lover. He would never leave without a proper goodbye to all the people he loves. He would not hurt anyone, especially him, that person he deeply loves. We all believe that he was just hurt to the point of wanting to hide from everyone.

We just need to exert an effort and find him instead of waiting for him.

So, here I am, traveling from country to country in an attempt to find him. He has visited almost all the countries in Asia, in the UK as well as North and South America so going to these places is the best option we have in hopes of finding him.

Currently, I am staying in Camden town in London where Jun frequented in the past, as the place is the warren of fashion, hoping that he will suddenly appear in front of me one day.

Then one day, I was strolling on the streets while looking at the stalls of clothes. It was an ordinary day until an old lady suddenly invited me for a tarot reading.

She told me that she could see someone longing for me and that she could read my cards to take a peek at my future and past.

Is she referring to him? I asked myself while staring at her wrinkled face.

My heart suddenly clenched in pain because of her words. She unintentionally made me remember the person who I have been trying to forget. That person who had loved me dearly but I chose to hurt because of my stubbornness.

He pleaded for me to stay with him and let Felipe, Jun's lover for almost half a decade, search for my friend instead but I stubbornly insisted on looking for him personally. He offered to come with me but I refused in the guise of being concerned for his career where in reality I really chose to let him go.

I could not possibly be in a relationship when I do not know what my best friend's current state is.

I could not stay happy and in love while the guilt of letting my friend suffer and alone was eating my insides.

"I will do it for free. I rarely see a person who is genuinely selfless like you." She mysteriously said and I almost wanted to sneer at her.

How could she say that I was selfless?

She should see clearly, if she really is a true fortune teller, that I am a selfish man.

How could I not be selfish if I hurt the person I love for the sake of self preservation?

I turned around to leave because I was no longer interested in anything that she would say when I abruptly stopped because of what she had said next.

"You have heard me right, young man. That person is still waiting for you." She said and she smiled when I turned to look at her face.

"Do not make your friend as your baseline for happiness." She added and smiled timidly.

A shiver ran down my spine for she had just repeated Jun's word with the exact connotation and phrase. It was as if she was there when Jun told me that and that caused me to fear her. She is a very powerful woman, she could potentially be a witch if I may so myself.

She bowed and turned around to leave, leaving me standing on the street, scared out of wits end. I watched her back as her white long hair had been swaying by the cold air and snow.