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

"Sir, I wanted to remind you of a meeting at ten o'clock and everyone is in the boardroom."

"Thanks, Eva, I'm leaving in a second," I answer, completely forgetting about the blessed meeting because I was thinking about that woman. I leave the office at a firm pace to go to the boardroom where everyone was already waiting for my presence.

The meeting went perfectly. The partners are satisfied as every month. My company grows every day. I am very happy and proud of my achievements, something that I am achieving with so much effort. At the end of the meeting Leonardo, Iam, and I, stayed, as usual, to talk in the boardroom. It is customary to do that when the three of us meet.

"How about the little doll you were with last night?" Leonardo asks, smiling while I lay in the chair looking at him.

"Ugh, she's beautiful" he replies.

"Isn't she the same from Marc's restaurant?" Leonardo continues with his questions. Iam nods, smiling. I stay silent.

"She’s the same," he says. Wow!

"I didn't know she had another type of job," Leonardo says and I know what it implies and it makes me sick.

"You had a good night?" I speak to change the subject quickly and also find out more, of course, he fucked her last night. I grit my teeth, imagining that stupid scene.

But he just laughs.

"I wish brother, but no. I just took her home, a kiss and that's it,” I relaxed, at least nothing happened between them.

“Are you paying for a kiss?,” Leonardo asks, denying and smiling at the same time.

"Pay per company," Iam replies with a bit of seriousness.

"Aha, if I had that woman by my side, I would have fucked her until I lost consciousness without wasting time," Leonardo is also a character with women. In fact, I think the three of us are. But for some ridiculous reason, I don't like that they're talking about her.

"Stop bothering, Leonardo. Maybe, she is a delicate whore but with so much money, I don't think she will resist you for long" I add but I notice that Iam gets upset.

"You both are idiots. If she doesn't want sex, I don't mind. I'll pay the same for her company. I'd pay anything for her," Iam states, sure.

"Brother, you never got like that for anyone," Leonardo says and Iam glares at him but it's true. He's never gotten like that when talking about a woman.

I don't even know what I'm saying. I'm so mad that I'm not the one next to her. I would also pay anything to be with her.

I change the subject. I didn't want to talk about that woman anymore, otherwise, this was going to get out of control at any moment. We talk about other trivial things for a long time and go back to work, however, I still have to know more about her. As soon as I enter my office, I call my contact. A few tones later, it gets answered..

"Sandro!" I exclaimed when I hear a hello on the other end of the line.
"What do I owe your calling, friend?"

"I need a favor, brother" I reply.

"What am I for?" he asked mockingly.

"And I wait for what I need" I reply and then I start to tell him about my stupid and damn problem without going into too much detail. Details that he doesn't need to know.

"Tomorrow I have all the information" he answers.

"Thanks, brother," I don't know much. I only know that she works for Marc and nothing else.

"Bye, Dante" I hang up the call by squeezing the phone very hard and then throwing it on the table.

I must stop thinking about that woman for a second. I need to remove this overwhelming tension and I only have one way to achieve it. Yes, with sex. The oldest practice of the human race but the most delicious of all, and with one of my girlfriends, I will be able to achieve it.

Sofia!

 

PAULA

My thoughts only wander to the gala of last night. I slept very little in fact I could not stop thinking about that man. His words echo over and over in my mind. My stomach begins to churn again. This is how I feel when nerves and anxiety win over me. Those eyes haunt me. They shouldn't but they do and if I don't get that idiot out of my mind, I'll go crazy.

I only beg you not to appear again here or at any event so that I never see you again because I barely saw him twice and I feel that nothing good will come out of it if I ever run into him again.

"Earth calling, Paula" I blinked when Marc's voice calls me insistently.

"Marc, I'm a little tired from Katy. It's nothing. I'm back at work," I answer hastily, taking my tray again.

"You know, you can count on me, don't you Paula?" I blink at him and just nod several times.

"Marcos I know, Thank you. I'll go and take care of that table," I tell him and go quickly from there otherwise Marc will start with his usual flirtation which I don't like. I don't know how to tell him. I only want him as a friend, I respect him as a boss but nothing else.

Suddenly, I see how my friend approaches me, curious, "Paula we have to talk about what happened last night."