You are my addiction

chapter - 3 mistake

Drake got in a taxi and was looking at his phone. He was calling Emma, but she had not picked up the phone. He had told the taxi driver to drive as fast as possible. He kept glancing at his watch. He had promised Lucy that he would be back in half an hour, but he had been in this taxi for twenty minutes and he had not reached Emma yet. He did not know why the roads were congested like some celebrity was in town.

The taxi stopped at a signal, they sat there for more than fifteen minutes. It was making him angry, at this rate he knew that it was a given that he would lose his job. He was afraid that someone would notice that he had not attended the meeting. He was sure about this because… that was when he noticed three cars were pulling into a hotel at full speed. Once those cars stopped, the bodyguards from the other cars ran out to open the door. A man in a black suit stepped out of the car. People around the front of the hotel were looking at him with shock, it was Gabriel Dominic Valentine. They had only ever seen him in magazines but now he was standing in front of them. Gabriel was talking to someone on the phone.

“You bastard!” Gabriel heard a shout from his side as he ignored Zain.

“Would you stop?” Gabriel said to Zain in a bored tone. He had been giving him a lecture for the past ten minutes.

“How dare you go there without Jack. You took advantage of the situation because we are out of the country!!” Zain yelled at him as Gabriel laughed at him. None of his friends were in the country at the moment, he had come here to meet with Edward without Jack.

"Hey, Jack would be busy with his wife, so why should l disturb them? I came here to see Edward. He has come back home after so many years while all of you are out of the country so I came here to meet with him. We know why everything happened a few years ago," Gabriel reminded Zain. After listening to Gabriel Zain thought that what he had said was true. They were all best friends. He also wanted to visit with Edward after so many years but he was out of the country.

"Okay Gabriel, meet with him just let me know how he is doing,” Zain requested.

That was when Gabriel noticed Edward’s car was coming toward him at full speed. He smiled looking at the car as he cut the call. The car stopped then Edward stepped out of it. Gabriel looked him over from head to toe. Edward had placed his sunglasses back in his pocket as he gave him a look.

People in the hotel were staring at both of them. The man who had arrived just now looked incredibly handsome and sexy. He had not looked any less appealing than Gabriel. The bystanders were watching them, it appeared as if there was going to be war. Due to the fact that they both had bodyguards behind them that had guns and they were glaring at each other like they were here for war. They had big guns.

Gabriel and Edward both looked at each other then began to walk towards each other. They stopped to give a big hug to one another.

"So, you finally come back," Gabriel joked with him.

"Yes, I did not think that Mr. Valentine will be part of my welcoming party. I thought he would be too busy with his angel," Edward taunted him. Gabriel knew why he was saying this because he had not been able to attend Gabriel's wedding.

"My angel has invited you to dinner. I showed her old photos of you, she said you are handsome," Gabriel told him as Edward laughed at Gabriel's jealousy. They both started to walk inside the hotel and Edward was still looking at Gabriel's face. They were seated at a table at the hotel restaurant where they were served a fabulous lunch.

"Oh, it seems like my sister-in-law is highly intelligent. Now I will definitely come to your mansion to visit my beautiful and intelligent sister-in-law," he teased, giving a bright smile to Gabriel. Gabriel knew he was intentionally annoying him.

"You have changed, Gabriel. She has changed you, but you are still a possessive bastard," he said, then laughed at him.

"But you have too Edward. The Edward that we all knew a few years ago has changed. It's good to see you laughing, Edward. Zain and the others are worried about you," Gabriel admitted to Edward. After hearing Gabriel’s words, Edward's smile vanished.

"Yes, I have changed Gabriel. He is responsible for that change. Now he has to bear the consequences of his actions as he is the reason for my return. This time, history will not repeat itself. I can’t change our history, but our future hasn’t been written yet;" Edward revealed. Gabriel could see the anger and pain behind his eyes. He knew that he had become more aggressive and dangerous. Now he was sitting in front of him laughing, that he had buried his hate and anger deep in his heart.

He had witnessed everything with his own eyes. He knew how much he had suffered in his past and that it was still hurting him now. But it was good that this plan had given him a purpose, making him feel alive. He could see that it had been forcing him to live this life.

"You are still an obsessed bastard. Your obsession with him has not lessened over the years, instead I can see that you have become even more obsessed with him. Hell, I would go as far as saying that you are addicted to him." Gabriel laughed at Edward, though Edward took this as a compliment, as he knew it was the truth.

"Yes, you are right. He is my addiction!" Edward exclaimed as Gabriel smiled at him. They talked for a while but Edward had to go to the office and Gabriel had some important business to take care of so they parted ways.

More than three cars stopped in front of the company including Edward’s. His bodyguards scrambled out of their cars and opened the door for him as he got out of his car. More than four bodyguards were there shielding him from the media who had been waiting for him to click his photo.

Edward had not stopped there, instead he ordered his bodyguards to disburse the media from his property. All of his life, he had hated the media the most. He could not stand to see them in front of him, actually he was not able to bear their presence around him.

The entrance to the company had been decorated beautifully and looked attractive. As he entered there were more than fifty employees standing there waiting to welcome him. They were all bowing in front of him and said good afternoon. Everyone there was a higher level employee of the company. Edward had not paid attention to them as he walked straight ahead. He just wanted to see the person that he had come here for.

They were all staring at him, none of them had ever seen him. They had only heard his name, so this was the first time they were able to see him. The women were looking at him and drooling over his handsome face and manly body. Now they understood why people describe him as god like. He was truly fucking hot.

At that moment, a man came toward him with a bouquet as he smiled brightly at him and wished a ‘Good afternoon’ to Edward while handing him the bouquet. Truthfully, the Manager was incredibly afraid of Edward, but he was the Manager of the company and it was his duty to welcome the President of the company.

As Edward saw him, he frowned in annoyance. He took that bouquet from his hand and threw it on the ground smashing it under his heel. Edward had been looking at him with a blank expression. He had just smashed that bouquet in annoyance like he wanted to erase its very existence from this world. His guards had been looking at Edward, now they were glaring at the Manager, they knew now he would be on the receiving end of their boss’ anger.

Manager had been startled by Edward’s reaction and grew scared as he looked at him. He could not understand what he had done to anger him that much. He had only given him a bouquet as a way to welcome him, so why was he so angry at him? Looking at Edward’s blank expression he fell to his knees.

“I am sorry sir, if I made some mistake please don’t fire me from my position in this company,” he pleaded, lowering his head. He knew he would surely be fired from this company now, his career was over.

Edward was among the top 5 most successful business people in the country and all 5 people were the youngest, richest, and powerful businessmen in the country. The entire country knew his name but he was never one to be out in the public view. No one had seen him before, they only knew his name. His name alone worked like acid to anyone and he never needed to show his face to others. Only a few people had seen his face or had been granted an audience with him.

He had built his own company in another country, he had made it successful all on his own while his father had been the owner of this company. Everyone had known that Mr. John had a son, but they had not known his name nor had they ever seen him. But his father had wanted to hand over his company to his son now so that he could enjoy the rest of his life with his life partner.

Edward had been planning to come back to the country and his father had given him the perfect opportunity. He had come here with total control of the whole company and the proof was in front of him, with the company manager on his knees begging for mercy.

Edward was famous for the nickname of the career destroyer. If he fired anyone from the company, that person would never be able to get another job for the rest of their life. If by some miracle, someone tried to give that person a job then that company would be crushed by Edward.

“No, your mistake was not that trivial. So how can your punishment be small? Don’t worry, I will not fire you from the company,” Edward assured him in a cold and dangerous tone. Listening to him, the manager grew scared as he watched Edward.

“I will keep you at this company and teach you a good lesson, one that you will never be able to forget for the rest of your life,” he promised as he smiled evilly. The manager started crying when he heard him. Edward did not give a shit about his tears as he walked away from him.

“What did I do to anger him that much?” He thought while he was still on his knees. He did not know that Edward was about to show him the true meaning of hell on earth.