The Fortune-Telling Heiress
Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Madison frowned slightly. "You followed me into the ghost shrine?"

Sebastian nodded, causing Madison to frown harder.

She stared closely at him, as if trying to look into his soul.

The ghost shrine might be aligned with negative energy, but it was extremely opposed to foreign energies. It wouldn't have allowed negative energies of the same element to enter. Even Mia and Yara couldn't enter.

Only Sebastian could, apparently.

use his entry.

Not only had he entered the shrine, but Madison hadn't even been able to sense

In that case, there could only be one possibility-Sebastian was more powerful than she had predicted. His astral body was powerful enough that the shrine allowed his entry out of fear.

Madison continued to observe Sebastian. She didn't notice anything different from before. Helpless, she simply said, "It's best if your don't go out alone. You're like a walking Philosopher's Stone right now. Every mystical entity around wants a piece of you for a chance at immortality."

Sebastian nodded in agreement, before repeating, "You haven't answered my question. What did you see at the ghost shrine?

Madison said nothing.

"I overheard your conversation with that thing." Sebastian continued. "The ghost shrine can draw out the strongest desires in people's hearts. Do you also have something you desire, Madison?" Sebastian was incredibly curious.

He wasn't the type of person to pry into others' secrets. However, at this moment, he wanted to low what Madison's deepest desire

was.

She was always level-headed, even when dealing with the Locke family. No matter how well or how badly the Lockes treated her, she would take everything in stride. But when she fell into an illusion back at the ghost shrine, there had been a joyful smile on her face. It was the kind of smile a young lady her age should have an open, carefree smile.

He had never seen Madison smiling like that. She looked like an angel who descended from heaven to illuminate the earth.

Madison kept her gaze lowered. "All humans have desires. I'm also human, so, of course, I do."

"Then, what is it you desire?"

Madison lifted her head slowly, meeting Sebastian's gaze. She pursed her lips and said nothing

He continued to question her, "Who's Raymond?"

Madison's gaze turned cold. "That's not someone you should concern yourself with."

She stood up. "I'm going to turn in for bed. Please leave."

Sebastian didn't press the issue any further. His heart sank as he gazed at Madison, who was unusually furious. Evidently, this Raymond person was extremely important to Madison-so important that it could make her this emotional. He floated out of Madison's room.

Once he had truly left, Madison exhaled. She got back into bed and slipped under the covers.

Raymond!

Raymond!

Raymond!

She silently recited

recited the name. Over and over, she repeated it, almost as if she was spitting it out from between clenched teeth.

Meanwhile, over at the other inn, Nate was sitting on his bed. He stared at the number on his screen, his fingers hovering over it.

212

After a moment's hesitation, he pressed the dial button. The call quickly connected.

"Hello!"

It was Estelle's voice.

Nate's heart thumped in his chest. He opened his mouth to speak but realized he couldn't find the words.

"Hello? Is something the matter? If you're not going to speak up, I'm going to hang up!"

"Don't!" Nate's voice was hoarse. "This is Nate."

For a few seconds, there was silence on the other end. Then, Estelle asked cheerily, "Why are you only calling me now? Are you going to invite me to your wedding? In that case, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it. I'm not in the country but in Arcland at the moment." "I'm not getting married," Nate replied reflexively. "Why are you in Arcland?"

"My husband was redeployed to Arcland on short notice. I flew over to keep him company."

Nate was silent for a moment. His grip on his phone tightened. "H-Husband?" he asked, lips trembling. "Are you married?"

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"That's right! Didn't you know? I sent wedding invitations to Mr. and Mrs. Yule back when I was getting married. Did they not tell you?

Nate fell silent once more.

A man's low voice carried over from the other end of the phone. "Who's calling, dear?"

"Just an old neighbor."

Just an old neighbor.

Nate didn't notice when she hung up the call.

All he noticed was the throbbing pain in his heart. The pain he felt was so great that all he could do was collapse onto his bed and curl up into a ball.