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

"Enjoy." I said turning around when I suddenly collided with a large body that prevented my fall to the floor. I gasped, but that man grabbed me by the waist again. Our eyes made a connection and we stared at each other.

"You again," he muttered letting go of me. "You really are clumsy," he said making me feel bad again.

"Sorry again." I said apologetically ducking my head, damn it, I didn't want to bump into him. But his eyes ran over me from head to toe.

"Is something wrong, Mr. De Luca?" asked Marc suddenly appearing quickly from behind watching me. The man my boss seemed to know only denied?

"No, he just has staff, something..." he cocked his head to one side and I felt a lump in my throat. "A little clueless," he finally said.

"Sorry sir, it won't happen again." I turned to my boss.

"Calm down Paula, go back to your duties" Marc indicated and the man again nailed his eyes on me feeling a strong tremor all over my body, he is an extremely tall man, but what strikes me the most is the color of his eyes, a grayish tone with yellow shades never seen before, I quickly moved away not to be near that man.

I ran to the kitchen to take shelter, leaving Marc talking to him. I drew in a shaky breath, resting the palm of my hand on my forehead.

"What happened?" came Isa hurriedly. "What did that man say?" my heart was pounding, my hands were sweating and I had a huge urge to cry that even I didn't know why.

"I bumped into him again Isa, much to my disgrace and again he called me clumsy." Isa growled in annoyance.

"I swear if I run into him on the street I'll kick him or I'll scratch his stupid car."

I went into the kitchen running away from there, thank God it was time for lunch, today I asked Sara if she could pick Katy up from school because I needed to talk to Isa, and the blonde girl showed up too.

"Isa I don't know what I'm going to do friend."

"What happened?" she questions and we both sit down at the table.

 "Katy's treatment is very expensive. I don't know where I'm going to get the money from."

“Oh darling, can't you ask for a loan?”

“I'll try, but I don't think I can ever get thirty thousand dollars.”

“What if you ask, Marc? You know that he is crazy about you.”

"No Isa, I'm not going to take advantage of that, not that, no," we started thinking about what I could do to get the money.

"I'll talk to Santiago to see if he can help you with something."

"How, Isa? How can Santiago help me?" by the way, they are giving themselves a chance together. I think this couple will continue for a long time.

"I don't know, my friend. He somehow has a lot of connections," we chatted some more until we got back to work.

As we closed the restaurant, Marc appeared. "Lovely, wait for me to take you home," I couldn't refuse. I was really exhausted, so I waited for him and we went home.

"How is Katy?" How is she taking the news?”

"More or less, she is very sad"

"I reckoned," We talked a little on the way because I was really exhausted. We got to the house. I told Marc that I cannot invite him because it was too late and I was tired. He grabbed my cheek and left a kiss on the corner of my lips. I turned my face. I did not know how to react and slowly separated.

"You don't know how much I wanted to do this," I sighed and got out of the car.

"Good night, Mark" I was angry at his behavior. He doesn't understand.

I enter the house. Sara is sleeping on the living room couch with Katy. I wake her up slowly. She gets up sleepy.

"Thank you, Sara," I always thank her for everything.
"You're welcome, my girl. You know, it's not a problem for me," she declares.

I kiss her. This woman is amazing. She is like a mother to me. I take Katy to her room while she is still asleep. I get into the bathroom to take a shower before I go to sleep.

Second chapter my dear readers, I hope you are enjoying the novel. Hugs and kisses.