Obsessed |✔️ (Obsessed Series #1)

chapter 2 - searching for clues

Pumpkin felt a soft pillow and she smiled, understandably. She knew that Damien had to get up. She also knew that he was troubled. She wondered what Damien was troubled by. She rubbed her eyes, noticing that she wasn't sleepy. Good. She thought. She crawled off of the bed to find Damien.

As she walked around the house, he finally found Damien on the phone, standing near the table. She walked towards Damien and she tugged on Damien's shirt. Damien's eyes flickered down and he smiled at her. "Listen, just call me back when you find some more clues." Damien ordered the person he was on the phone with.

He hung up and he focused his attention on Pumpkin. "Babydoll, you're fully awake." He was happy for Pumpkin and he lifted her into his arms.

"Yeah, I am." Pumpkin rested her head on Damien's shoulder, making Damien flush a little bit at hearing her breathe in his neck. The red in his face disappeared after a moment.

"That's good. Do you want to play a game or do you want to watch me work?" Damien asked.

Pumpkin's decision was easy to make. After all, Damien was home. "I want to watch you work." She answered with a soft tone. Damien noticed that Pumpkin was always soft spoken. He smiled and he suddenly remembered that he was shirtless, thus, revealing his muscled chest.

Damien didn't know that Pumpkin's face was red, but he felt something grow hot in his shoulder and he figured that it was Pumpkin. Pumpkin was hiding in his shoulder, after all. "Pumpkin, should I put on a shirt?" He asked the tiny woman.

"No. It's your house." She responded. Damien shrugged his shoulders and he stretched after he put Pumpkin on the floor.

He sat down at his desk and Pumpkin sat herself in her seat that was beside Damien's desk. Her chair was for someone who sleeps in the daytime. There was a fluffy pillow that Pumpkin rested her head on as she watched Damien work. Damien ran a hand through his messy hair and he groaned.

He typed furiously on his laptop. Pumpkin didn't know what Damien was searching for, but she hoped that he find it soon. She didn't want to admit it, but Damien scares her when he's acting like an animal. "Damien, should I go fetch you some German hot chocolate?" Pumpkin asked.

"No, you'll burn yourself." Damien tells Pumpkin, slightly switching his gaze to the short stack. Pumpkin merely nodded her head in understanding. Damien didn't want her to handle anything hot except for her clothes that have finished drying. Pumpkin was a clumsy tiny woman, often tripping over air. "Go grab a jacket." Damien softly ordered her.

Pumpkin obeyed Damien as she recognized that tone of his at the moment. He's irritated. I should listen to him. She thought. After she grabbed her coat, Damien wrapped his scarf around Pumpkin's neck, keeping her warm. "Where are we going?" She asked Damien. Damien smiled at her.

"We are getting breakfast." Damien answered, letting Pumpkin walk in front of him. Damien guided Pumpkin to where they were going. When they arrived at the small diner, Pumpkin simply looked up at Damien to see an angry expression on his face.

Pumpkin gazed forward and her eyes founded a group of people that was watching Damien. Pumpkin's small arms went around Damien's waist, which that was what she could reach with her short stature. Damien placed one hand on top of Pumpkin's head. The group approached them and Damien kept a growl from releasing from his throat. "Hey, there, Damien, it has been a good few years." One of them, Pumpkin presumed that he was the leader of the group.

"Yeah." Damien pushed Pumpkin behind him and he didn't mind that the short stack was holding onto his leg. The leader sneered at this.

"So, you got a woman, now?" He asked, gazing at Pumpkin.