My Addiction by Ida Gonzalez (best ereader for academics .txt) 📕

Paula

 "Is that how you claim to love me Paula, in someone else's arms?"

"Dante!" I break away from Iam, I see Dante's face totally red with his jaw clenched and his hands balled into fists.

"It's not what you think Dante, don't think things that aren't, no it's not what it looks like." replies Iam.

"So what is it then?" my eyes sting from still crying, Dante can't think I was cheating on him with Iam, does he not trust me.

Dante ducks his head in denial, he tries to turn but I hold his arm. "Dante can we talk?" I ask, now I feel worse, Dante thinks I was cheating on him with Iam.

He stares at me, he's hurt, I can see it in his eyes.

"Let me explain what happened."

"We'll talk at home." looks at Iam. "here is not the place or the time." i am hurt by his attitude, he doesn't trust me.

"Ok, I want to go home." I say serious with my heart beating a mile a minute.

I don't want to be here anymore, after what happened with Marcos and now Dante. "I'll tell the driver to take you." he answers and tears come out in droves.

"What about you? Aren't you coming with me?" he denies. "Not yet" Is all he says without taking his eyes off me. I nod, walking past him without looking at him again.

"Paula!" he calls me, but I keep walking towards the exit, if he thinks I'll beg him he's very wrong, if he doesn't trust me it's his damn problem.

I hear Iam say something to her, but I don't stop, I go outside, my eyes start to fill even more with tears, I get out and see Jorge lying in the car. Thank God.

"Miss! Is something wrong?" he hurries to ask in alarm, I just deny. "Come on Jorge take me home." I ask.

Jorge looks over my shoulder, and I turn to see Dante nod in his direction and Jorge opens the door to let me in.

Jorge turns to get into the car and I look out the window, I see Dante standing there staring at the car, he has one hand in his pocket and the other is running through his hair.

When Jorge starts up, I can't take it anymore and burst into tears. "Are you all right, Miss Paula?" asks Jorge looking at me through the rearview mirror. 

"Yes." I answer barely

"Problems with the Sir.?" he ask again. 

"Don't worry Jorge I'm fine, come on take me home I'm very tired." he nods and then drives in silence.

I get home, and go straight up to my room, I take off my dress and get into bed, I can't stop crying, Dante is an idiot if he doesn't trust me.

I was awake all morning waiting for Dante but he never came, I cry even more, I'm sure he got tired of playing happy house with me and went to look for one of his friends with the excuse that I was being unfaithful with Iam, without letting me explain anything.

In the morning, I wake up with a strong headache from crying almost all morning, adding that I slept just a few hours, I look to my side and nothing, Dante did not get to sleep. I am even more convinced that he spent the night with another woman

I look at my phone, not a call, not a message, nothing, I look at the clock and it's nine in the morning.

I dial his number but it's off, I throw the phone away in anger, I go inside to take a shower to go downstairs to see if he had arrived and also to find out where my princess is.

I go downstairs and find no one, I hear voices and see that they are outside near the pool, I get out and go to them.

"Hi" I greet them without much encouragement.

"Hi Paula."  Katy greets me excitedly, and runs to me to hug me as I do, leaving a sweet kiss on her head.

"Hi Katia."

" Hi Paula, how are you?"

"Katia, have you seen Dante?" I asked.

"Mmmm no Paula, I haven't seen him, isn't he in your room?"

"No" I answered sadly.

 "He didn't sleep here" I added.

"Ah, I get it."  Katia replies saddened.

I sit with them for a while, without much encouragement, the only thing I want to know is about Dante.

After an hour I hear the front door open and I see it's Dante, he's in the same clothes as last night, but disheveled, and my heart beats fast.

He looks at me with a friendless face but doesn't say anything, he goes up to our room and I go after him.

"Dante, can we talk," I say, stepping inside and closing the door behind me.

He just looks at me. "I don't have time right now Paula," he says in a cold voice. "I have something important to do, we'll talk when i come back" is all he says as he walks into the bathroom and slams the door shut.

It was as if I was stabbed in the chest, a thousand things go through my mind, and one of them is that Dante no longer wants me, neither here, nor in his life. I leave the room and go to Katy's room where I start crying my eyes out without anyone seeing me. I don't want to worry my sister.