Irresistible (Neighbor from Hell #11) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,26

tell me that your nausea medication wasn’t working anymore or that you were having problems sleeping because you didn’t want to bother me?” he asked, unable to help but smile when his son pushed against his hand.

“I had it handled.”

“By passing out on the bathroom floor?” Aidan asked, gently rubbing her belly as he settled back and closed his eyes.

“I was taking a break.”

“And the bathroom floor seemed like the best place to do that?” he asked, chuckling.

“Yes, yes, it did,” Melanie mumbled as she snuggled closer.

“Comfy?” he couldn’t help but ask.

“Quite,” she said with a little sniffle that had his lips twitching.

“You want to tell me anything else?” he asked, more than ready to call it a night even though they had one last thing that they needed to discuss.

“Not really,” she mumbled sleepily as she laid her arm across his chest.

“I see,” he drawled, matching her yawn with one of his own as he struggled to stay awake, but the feel of her in his arms and his son pushing against his hand was slowly lulling him to sleep.

“Good,” Melanie mumbled her agreement and as he felt her relax against him, Aidan realized just how badly he wanted to make this work and not just to do the right thing anymore, but because he wanted his son.

Chapter 13

“Oh, come the fuck on!” came the rather angry shout from what sounded like the other apartment as Melanie laid there, trying to come to terms with the fact that she was a snuggle slut.

She wished that she could say that it had been a fluke and that she’d passed out in his arms from exhaustion and that once she woke up and realized what happened that she’d put some much-needed space between them…

She really wished that she could say that, but she couldn’t.

When she woke up the first time to use the bathroom, she’d quickly waddled back to the bed and practically threw herself back in his arms and when he didn’t snuggle up fast enough for her liking, she may have growled, cried, or a terrifying combination of the two. The next time she had to get up, it had taken her baby three kicks to her bladder to get her to leave his arms and only then because he’d become somewhat concerned when she’d started crying hysterically and helped her to the bathroom.

When he’d made the mistake of getting out of bed to get her a drink and a snack…

Well, it was probably for the best if she didn’t dwell on that mortifying incident, Melanie told herself with a pitiful sigh as she thought about what happened when his alarm went off this morning and he’d announced that he had to get up for work only to once again decide that was a moment that was better left forgotten. That brought up another interesting question, shouldn’t he be at work?

One glance at the alarm clock told her that yes, yes, he should most definitely be at work right now. Then again, she should probably be staring at the television right now, but she was too distracted to pretend to care and it was all thanks to the man banging on something in the other apartment.

She had no idea what to make of him anymore. She should hate him, but she just couldn’t do it. It had only taken her a day to realize that he wasn’t really an asshole and that morning in the hotel room had just been a really bad day for him, one that should have gotten him slapped, but definitely a bad day. It also didn’t hurt that Lucifer had said as much after he’d finished congratulating Aidan.

Don’t get her wrong, it was great to know that Aidan wasn’t really a jerk, but that’s pretty much all she knew about him. That and he probably shouldn’t be in charge of tucking their son in at night, Melanie thought, smiling only to end up sighing when the man that she couldn’t quite figure out came walking into the room, pulling his grey tee-shirt off in the process and tossing it aside as he headed for the mini-fridge that he kept well-stocked for her.

As she lay there, admittedly enjoying the view, she couldn’t help but wonder what she’d been thinking when she’d agreed to go out with him that night. Not that it was really hard to figure out why any woman would say yes to Aidan Bradford, Melanie thought as she ran her eyes down