Page 10 of Samuel's Bloody Obsession

Chapter 6

Charlotte

After speaking to Holly a few times, I eventually relaxed around Samuel. The downside was I had so many questions I wanted to ask him, but I was afraid of asking them in case I went back to thinking of him as a blood-sucking monster.

“Are we going to your parent’s house for dinner?”

“How did you—” I began to ask but stopped when I remembered he had serious fucking stalking issues.

After two weeks of his insane daily railroading, I should have known better.

“Yae arnae going to ma parents’ house,” I said with determination.

“I've already been. I saw your naked tushy baby pictures.”

I rubbed a hand over my face before I turned towards him. Whatever I was about to say died away when I saw his expression. He was looking at me with adoration. His eyes were soft, and he had a small smile on his handsome face. I felt my face go beetroot-red when he began to sniff the air like a bloodhound.

I frowned when a thought occurred to me. The change in Jamie was night and day since Samuel had first come to Elgin. I thought of Jamie’s broken arm and bruised face. His apology was completely out of character, but it had sounded sincere.

“Did you—What did you do to Jamie?” I asked suspiciously.

“You know how I can tell when you’re stressed out?” he asked instead of answering my question.

“What?” I asked, confused.

“You start to speak properly, but when you're angry, your accent gets much stronger.”

“Thank you, Sherlock, for your amazing insight and observation skills,” I said dryly. “Now answer the question.”

My phone began to ring, and I reached for my phone to see it was Granny.

“Huv yae dun the dirty wae him yet or are yae just gonna hang around the supermarket wae him aw day?”

I glanced around the shop and didn't see my Gran anywhere, so one of her many minions must have reported back to her.

“Why am I surrounded by stalkers, Granny?”

“Why Lottie, yae huv an active imagination. Yae always did, even as a wean.”

“I will see yae tonight, Granny. Love you,” I said before hanging up.

“Ur yae gonna dae the dirty wae me, Charlotte?” Samuel said, mimicking my Granny.

“No wonder yae both get on so well,” I said, shaking my head before pushing the trolley towards the next aisle. “Wait, what did yae do tae Jamie?” I asked, remembering my question.

When I looked up at his face, I caught a glimpse of red before they returned to their usual almost black colour.

“I simply adjusted his mindset more towards his family,” he said before he put his arm around my waist and began to move me along.

I opened my mouth to speak but stopped again because my sister and niece were happier with the new and improved version of Jamie. Whenever I saw him he was extremely polite and stayed well away from my person to the point that my mother asked me if anything had happened between us.

I focused on Mr Wilson’s shopping list again because I wasn't going to stress over something that, in the grand scheme of things, had a positive impact on my family’s life.

∞∞∞

Be ready for 7 pm. We are going out for dinner.

I ignored his message because he was sitting next to me. He was one obsessed vampire, but my family loved him. It had been almost a week since he came to dinner at my house. He’d acted like a perfect gentleman, and my parents annoyingly welcomed him with open arms. I had to admit that he got ten out of ten for tenacity. No matter what I threw at him, he seemed to pass every test.

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