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

And not just any woman. She is the same one he was with in California. My heart clenched. I began to feel a pain in my chest like nothing else when Dante saw me he pushed the woman and she literally fell to the ground.

"Paula," she exclaimed. My vision clouded. I couldn't breathe. How could he fool me like that?

I got out of there quickly. I never imagined it, Dante is cheating on me. He lied to me all this time. He managed to catch me by holding my arm.

“Love, please, let me explain," I jerked sharply, releasing my arm from his grip.

“What, Dante? What are you going to explain to me? I've already seen everything. You don't need to keep lying to me.”

“No, love. It's not like that. It's a mistake. What you saw….”

“A mistake? A mistake is to have given you a chance. A mistake was to have believed in you," I wiped my tears reluctantly. The woman who was sitting on Dante's lap a moment ago approaches him and put her hands on his shoulder while Dante pushes her.

Sara snarls angrily.

“No. Don't worry. I'm the one who's leaving. You can go on with whatever you are doing," a painful lump formed in my throat.

“Yes, dear. You'd better go because we were busy with my boyfriend and you interrupted us," she said mockingly.

“Your boyfriend?” I raise an eyebrow at Dante. He just looks at me and I want to tell him so many things but I can't. I can't get the words out.

“Goodbye, Dante,” is the only thing I managed to say before I turned on my heels to turn around and to get into the elevator.

“Wait, Paula," he tried to stop me by holding his hand so the door can't close.

“I just came to give you this," I stick my sonogram on his chest. He holds it without understanding and finally the door closes.

As soon as the elevator opened, I ran out of the building. I was starting to feel dizzy again. Nauseous and in unexplainable pain. Dante never really loved me. It was all a drama. What the fuck are you playing at, Dante? What do you want, damn it? I took a cab. I can't go to the restaurant like this. I just gave the driver the address of my building.

My phone was ringing non-stop. I look at the screen of my cell phone and Dante's name was shining on it. I just turned it off. Why is he calling me? He wants to look at my stupid face and tell me that my pregnancy is a mistake? I don't want to listen to his cheap excuse. I don't want him to tell me that I'm pregnant and that it was a mistake. I won't stand one more disappointment.

I love him so much. I believed him sincerely. I believed in his lie, in his words when he told me he loved me and that I was the only one but I was a fool. Only I could think that a man like him would look at me.

Without thinking twice, I headed to Sara's apartment. I don't want Katy to see me like this.

I just threw myself into Sara's arms as soon as she opened the door.

Dante

I came early to the office. I need to put everything in order here before I do what I have in mind because I am preparing a surprise for Paula. I want to take her and Katy to the beach. I want to take them to Hawaii. It will be spectacular. She will love it. I want to have her for a few days for myself. God, I love that woman. I love her more every day.

I come out of my lethargy when I hear my phone ring. That makes me stop grinning like an idiot.

“Tell me, Eva," I answer, knowing that the call was from my assistant.

“Sir. Miss Sara Michael is here and she wants to see you,” What the fuck is she doing here? Shit! The last thing I want is to see that woman here after what happened. How could I forget because of her I almost lost my girl.

“Let her in, Eva,” I answer without much encouragement. I heard a “yes sir” from her.

“Dante!”  she exclaims, smiling as she walks through the door as annoying as ever. How the fuck did I ever have anything to do with this woman. I looked up at her.

“Sara. what are you doing here?”  I don't even get up to greet her. So that she realizes that I don't like her presence.

I asked, annoyed. She stood in front of me. I tried to get up but she is faster and ended up sitting on my legs.

“Sara. What are you doing?” I growled annoyed, holding her by the wrist. Her attitude was getting on my nerves. She doesn't take no for an answer.

“I came here to remember old times, Sweetheart. You remember how much fun we used to have in this office," she looked around the office and held my face in her hands.

“That's in the past, Sara. Now, I'm not interested in anything with you,” she pouted her lips and then tried to kiss me. I dodged my face.

“Why do you reject me, Dante. You used to call me to have a good time together and now you reject me?”

“I told you. Sara. It's in the past. Now, I have a present." she laughed.

“Your present? You'll get tired of your new present and you'll look for me again as usual..." This woman was really pathetic. I don't know what I had in my head to mess with her.

I tried to pick her up but she planted a kiss on me. It was then I heard the door open and what I saw made me feel like nothing.

“Paula!”

I pushed Sara without a care and she fell to the ground. I didn't care about anything else but my wife. She must be thinking the worst of me. I saw how tears came out of her beautiful eyes.

Without a word she left the office and without hesitation I went after her. I held her arm before she took another step but she jerked away abruptly.

“My baby, let me explain," I try to explain desperatelY but she yells a thousand things at me and my heart was just pounding with anguish.

I feel Sara's hand on my shoulder and I remove it immediately. What's wrong with this woman? When she mentions that we are boyfriend and girlfriend my blood boils. Who does she think she is.