Irresistible (Neighbor from Hell #11) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,48

her with Caitlyn by his side.

“You had gluten next to my wife’s food,” Lucifer bit out as he placed the foil-covered plate on the table in front of Rebecca, who was busy shooting Adam a smile and a pinky wave that had him turning an interesting shade of red.

“What? No, I didn’t. I’m very careful about that,” Mary said, looking confused.

“You had the plate of rolls within ten feet of her food, woman,” Lucifer said, narrowing his eyes accusingly on his mother as he sat down on the other side of Rebecca. When she opened her mouth to argue, Lucifer bit out, “I measured.”

“You always were a difficult child,” Mary said with a sad shake of her head as Melanie sat there, glancing around the table for those rolls, knowing that she was going to need carbs to get through this meal.

“He really was,” Ethan easily agreed as he walked into the room with her parents by his side.

When her parents saw that Adam was sitting across from her, their eyes narrowed, and her father moved to take a step towards him when Aidan stepped into the room. He barely spared Adam a glance as he said, “Move down.” Clearing his throat awkwardly, Adam forced a polite smile on his face and did just that, giving Caitlyn no choice but to move down so that their parents could sit across from Melanie.

Once that was done, Aidan walked around the table, pulled Rebecca’s chair back, picked her up, and deposited her on Lucifer’s lap before his brother could kill him. He sat down on the recently vacated seat next to her while Rebecca kept her gaze locked on Adam as she shifted to get more comfortable on her husband’s lap. With a heavy sigh, Lucifer grabbed her foil-covered plate and placed it on the other side of him before depositing Rebecca on the chair next to him as she continued watching Adam’s every move.

“Everything looks wonderful,” her mother said as Melanie glanced over at Aidan’s mom and-

Did she just move her chair closer? Melanie wondered as Mary murmured a “Thank you,” and gestured for everyone to start eating. Telling herself that she’d imagined it, Melanie glanced at her father and-

Once again found herself wondering if Mary had just moved her chair closer to her when she looked back at Aidan’s mother to find her sitting there with an innocent expression on her face and…shifted closer, making Melanie’s lips twitch. This was definitely an interesting family, Melanie thought as she glanced back at her father and-

“M-may I?” came the softly whispered words that drew Melanie’s attention to find Mary weakly gesturing towards her belly.

“Of course,” Melanie said, barely getting the words out when Aidan’s mother was there, placing her hands on Melanie’s belly with a gasp and a, “Who’s Grandma’s little boy? You are!” Mary said excitedly while Melanie sat there, not really sure how to respond.

“Poor thing held off as long as she could,” Dr. Bradford said with a sigh, drawing her attention only to add, “She was afraid of scaring you off,” at her questioning look.

“Oh, I love you! Yes, I do! I love my sweet baby boy!” Mary said with a pleased smile as Drew pushed against her hand in greeting.

“What’s his name?” Mary asked, glancing up at her.

“Drew,” Melanie said, unable to help but relax when she saw the huge smile on Mary’s face.

Nodding, Mary returned her attention back to Melanie’s large belly. “Grandma loves you, Drew! Yes, she does!” Mary said with a huge smile when Drew pushed against her hands. “Are you Grandma’s little baby boy? Yes, you are!”

There was a heavy sigh and then, “Let her eat, woman, my godson is hungry.”

“Don’t bother me while I’m talking to my sweet little baby boy!” Mary snapped, earning a grumble, but Lucifer smartly kept his mouth shut and left her alone.

“It’s fine,” Melanie said, painfully aware of the man sitting next to her who hadn’t said anything to her since he’d walked into the room.

He’d said that she made him nervous, but god, did he make her nervous. She liked him, liked spending time with him, but she loved the way that he held her at night, and she didn’t think that she could ever get enough of-

“Wait. I thought we were going to be the godparents,” Caitlyn said, drawing everyone’s attention.

“It’s honestly like you want me to make you cry,” Rebecca said with a sad shake of her head as she removed the foil off the