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

"Did you talk to Dante?"

 "Yes" I answer sadly....     "And?"

"And nothing Isa, I'm not going back to him either."

Isa rolls her eyes. "Paula you are feeling stubborn friend."

"No Isa, you understand me too, we are both like this because of them."

"No Paula, don't compare them, Dante wasn't unfaithful to you." I raise an eyebrow... "Aahh and who assures me of that?"

"I don't know Paula, that man kisses the ground you walk on, I'm sure he has a good explanation for what happened."

"Well, I don't much believe his regret."

"friend I hope you're not wrong and then you'll regret it."

 

The next day

 

Today was a very busy day, Sebastian told us that tomorrow we must present the sketches of the new advertising.

Dante for his part and thank God he hasn't shown up here, I think it's for the best, don't you?

Paula, why are you lying to yourself? you are dying for him, what seemed strange to me was that they sent him to call Luis in the presidency and when he came back he was serious and didn't talk much to me, I hope Dante didn't tell him anything about me because I will be very upset about that. Luis is just a friend.

We meet Ana in the afternoon after work for a coffee, and the truth is that I need to get out a little bit, this whole issue is killing me.

I go to the break room for a while to prepare a coffee and I meet Iam.

 "Hi beautiful."

 "Iam how are you?" he leaves a kiss on my cheek.

"Fine." I say lying, truth be told I'm terrible.

"Listen Paula Emm." he scratches the back of his neck. "You should talk to Dante....

"I won't let him finish talking."

"Look Iam I don't have anything to talk to him about."

"Paula don't be so closed minded, listen to him he has his reasons why he behaved like that."

"Iam, he doesn't trust me, and how do you want me to trust him?"

"God!" says Iam pointing his hands up. "You two sure are stubborn."

"Okay, take care beautiful." he kisses me again and leaves.

At lunch time we go down to the cafeteria, with Ana and the guys, Luis is distant with me, I know something has happened and I know where it's going. Suddenly I feel my phone vibrate and I see that I have received a message.

Dante: Hello my love, I hope you are well, I have decided to give you your space, you don't know how much that costs me, but you are right I must stop bothering you, I just want you to know how much I love you and that I will wait for you princess, a lifetime if you want, just don't stop loving me, because without you I will die in life.

Just roll a treacherous tear down my cheek. "Excuse me." I apologize to my classmates and run to the bathroom, locking myself in one of the cubicles. I become a sea of tears, I don't know what to do anymore, I should give him a chance to talk, suddenly I hear someone knocking on my door.

"Paula, it's Ana, are you okay?" I wipe my tears quickly....

"Yes Ana don't worry I'll be right out." I raise my voice.

I come out of the cubicle and there was Ana waiting for me there. "Amiga what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, it's nothing." I say approaching the sink.

"Mmmmm trust me." she adds.

"It's Dante..." I say suddenly looking at myself in the mirror.  

"Honey, what's up with him?"

"He said he will give me my space, I will lose it Ana" I feel pathetic.

"No Paula, look, calm down you won't lose it honey ok? Look today we will go after work for a coffee and see how to fix this situation do you think?"

I shake my head affirming, and Ana hugs me, I don't know what to do anymore, I feel terrible, I think my pregnancy doesn't help at all.

We finish our work day, I've been a little crestfallen, I didn't answer Dante's message, I must think well what I will do and then talk to him.

"Shall we go?" Ana appears to leave.

"Yes, let's go," I answered. We walked for a while until we got to a coffee shop nearby, as we arrived and ordered coffee with some honey buns.

"friend I think you should talk to the boss." laugh at the way she refers to Dante.

"Yeah, I think we both owe each other an explanation, I'm being immature" I state.

"Yeah, don't let some cheap bitch take your place Paula, you will have a child together and you have to be together, whatever it is you should talk about it. I don't know what happened, but you can tell that man loves you."

We spent a long time talking, Ana has become a good friend, she is a good girl, she has told me much of her life, and life has not been fair to her either, according to what she tells me.