Irresistible (Neighbor from Hell #11) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,59
tech skills that had allowed her to support herself by the time that she was nineteen. She loved what she did and always looked for jobs that would challenge her. When she wasn’t working, she was reading, researching, and trying out new ideas.
Over the past few months, she’d been too sick to do even that. After Drew was born, she was going to have to work her ass off to catch up on everything that had changed in the past few months, which unfortunately in this field, was going to be a lot. She’d figure it out, Melanie thought as she reluctantly sat up so that Aidan could leave.
“My brother Duncan is in the living room so that he can keep an eye on you and keep you company until Arik gets off work. He’s going to crash on the couch if you’re okay with that,” he said as he climbed off the bed.
“It’s like you don’t trust me,” Melanie said with a sad shake of her head.
“Because I don’t,” Aidan said, chuckling as he leaned down and brushed his lips against hers with a, “Behave.”
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“Dr. Stanford to curtain one,” came the PA announcement as Aidan dropped down into an abandoned wheelchair and pulled his phone out of his pocket only to smile a few seconds later when he saw the text message Melanie sent him earlier. He started to reply only to realize just how late it was.
Shit!
He’d planned on calling her earlier but the intoxicated fourteen-year-old currently yelling, “I’m Superman, bitches!” as security carried him back to his room and the stabbing that came in a few hours ago had kept him busy for most of the night. He’d been hoping to stop by the apartment and see Melanie before his shift at the ER started, but he’d been held over with a new patient who’d showed up in tears because she was having problems and her old doctor wasn’t listening to her.
He’d sat down with her and went through all her medications, ran tests, and was able to figure out the problem. That led her to thanking him and telling him all about her new grandbaby, which had Aidan showing her the sonogram images of Drew that he carried everywhere and telling her about his son.
Only two more weeks, he thought, unable to help but smile as he sat there, wondering if Drew was going to end up having his mother’s addiction to carbs or-
“There you are! I’ve been looking everywhere for you!” someone said as a plate covered in aluminum foil was placed on his lap.
Frowning, Aidan looked up and found himself trying to figure out who the woman smiling down at him was. When she noticed his frown, she playfully rolled her eyes and said, “It’s Caitlyn. Melanie’s sister.”
“Of course,” he murmured, biting back a sigh and forced a smile as he picked up the plate and stood up even as he couldn’t help but wonder what she was doing here.
“I heard that you were stuck working here tonight and I thought it would be a good idea to stop by and say hello and to see if you needed anything,” Caitlyn said with a sweet smile as she gestured towards the plate in his hands.
“Thank you. That’s really nice of you,” Aidan said, sliding his phone back in his pocket.
“It’s a grilled chicken salad,” she said before squishing her face up in what she probably thought was an adorable expression as she added, “I figured that you could use a break from cafeteria food.”
“I usually grab something out of the vending machine,” he said, still trying to figure out why she was really here at eleven o’clock at night.
“I figured that I should bring you something to eat since I know that Melanie would never think of doing something like this,” Caitlyn said, smiling only to pout when “Dr. Bradford to curtain six,” was announced over the PA system.
“Melanie is eight months pregnant with my son, so I’d probably spank her beautiful ass if I caught her out this late since she needs her rest. Thank you for dinner,” Aidan said, thankful for the reprieve as he placed the plate down on the nurse’s station and headed towards the back, hoping that she was gone by the time that he was done.
“What the hell happened?” Aidan asked when he walked into exam room six and saw his brother Reese lying on the stretcher with a bag of ice pressed against his shoulder.