My Addiction by Ida Gonzalez (summer reading list TXT) 📗

"No Isa, I don't want to talk to him." Isa rolls her eyes, and at last she answers and puts it out loud.

"Hello?"

"Isabel?" hearing that voice made my stomach churn. Yes, it was Dante.

"If it's me, who's this?" he asks looking at me

"Isa, it's Dante." My breathing stops. Isa looks at me and I wave my hand.

"Paula is with you? Please tell me the truth." I hear his voice hurt, Isa falls silent looking at me, blinking.

"Mmmm yes Dante, she's here with me." Confesses my friend truthfully without looking away from me.

He sighs loudly into the phone. "I'd like to speak to her, please. "I gesture to him, I don't want to talk to him.

"I'm sorry, but she doesn't want to talk to you Dante."

"Please." he pleads again.

They both remain silent. "It's ok Isa, at least tell me if she's ok. "he asks with a broken voice "Yes Dante, she's ok don't worry."

"Tell her I want to talk to her and that I love her Isa please remind her that I adore her."

"Okay, I'll tell her. "Isa replies watching me with a grimace. I had already heard it all.

"Bye." My friend hangs up the phone without waiting any longer.

Isa looks at me, and I burst into tears. "Friend you have to talk to that man please, he will go crazy now that he knows where you are they will come here and with Santiago and him I think this will be chaos." 

I laugh between tears for my friend's comment, she with her idiot ex and me with my idiot Dante.

The next day

Isa convinced me to continue working here, I don't know how good an idea it is, but here I am, I arrived very early before everyone, with my heart beating a thousand times.

I hope I don't find Dante anywhere, that's all I pray to God, because I don't know what I will do if I find him.

My colleagues arrive already at the entrance time. "Oh, what is the boss doing here so early?" jokes Ana in a mocking tone.

 

"How funny." I say, and she comes over to leave a kiss on my cheek and a hug, so do Christofer and Luis.

"Hi, sweetie," Luis greets.

"Hi guys, how are you?"

"Super, now that I see you," Luis says, blushing.

Ana snorts, "Come on, come on, flirt with the boss's girlfriend and you'll be out on your ass."

I roll my eyes. "Can we drop that subject please."

"There, that's enough." answers Ana and then Sebastian walks in the door. "Good morning. " he greets with a face of few friends. He enters, slamming the door shut.

"Oops, what a mood the boss is in." Chris speaks, "I think he's like this because he doesn't have a chance with Paula anymore." Ana jokes.

"That's enough Ana, don't say that please, don't talk like that about Mr. Sebastian either."

"You're the only one who hasn't noticed," Luis exclaims.

"See, that's why I didn't tell them anything, or who I was or anything, they wouldn't leave me alone.

"And to stop bothering me with Dante," I shut up for a moment. "We're not together anymore." I confess.

"What?" Ana and Cris shout, only Luis stares at me in silence.

"Like, why, what happened?"

"After the gala we had problems and it's over and I won't say anything more ok?"

"But... " "No Ana, I said I won't say anything more."

"Ok ok, I won't ask anything anymore, but if you feel like talking I'm here."

"Thank you Ana."

"Now if I have a chance. " Luis said, and I just wanted to be swallowed by the earth.

"And is it true that you are pregnant?" she asks looking at me tenderly.  I nod.

"Yes, very pregnant." I answer smiling.

"Can I be the daddy?" jokes Chris teasingly.

"Thanks Cris, but I'm not looking for a daddy for my son."

 I had spent an hour working and I thank God that Dante hadn't shown up here.

"Good morning." Oh fuck!  Why did I open my mouth.

"Good morning, Sir." we all greeted each other, Dante kept looking at me, he looked tired with puffy eyes.

"Paula, I want to talk to you. "he suddenly confesses and an awkward silence forms in the office, I don't know what to do, neither to put on a show in front of my colleagues.

"All right," I get up slowly and he opens the door to let me in.

Behind me, too close to be true. "In my office." he speaks in a gruff tone, I swallow thickly.

I walk in front, I feel his footsteps behind me, he opens the elevator to give me passage to go up to his private elevator.

Oh my God, being locked in one place with him, no good will come of this. When I got in I stuck to the wall as if I could escape. Dante stood in front of me, as if the box wasn't big enough.