Irresistible (Neighbor from Hell #11) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,68
spent holidays and vacations with us and her parents really didn’t care. I’m pretty sure that if my parents had asked to adopt her that they would have said yes, but Rebecca didn’t want that. I think she always thought that they’d come around one day.”
“Some people aren’t meant to be parents,” Aidan said quietly.
“No, they’re not,” she murmured in agreement before asking, “Is that why?”
“No,” he said, shaking his head.
“Then why?”
“Because I knew that I would never be as good as my parents and I couldn’t stomach the idea of giving my children anything less than what I had,” he explained only to frown when she said, “You’re an idiot.”
“What?” Aidan asked, glancing down at her.
Nodding, she said, “You’re definitely an idiot,” with a heavy sigh that had him narrowing his eyes.
“I’m just as surprised as you are,” Melanie said with a sad shake of her head before once again adding, “But you’re definitely an idiot.”
When he continued to glare, she said, “You’re going to be an incredible father,” shrugged, and then mumbled sadly, “I wish they had pie.”
That was followed by, “Or cake. God, I could really go for a slice of cake.”
When she worried her bottom lip and glanced at the line of stores on the other side of the street, no doubt looking for any signs that would indicate that they sold cake, he found himself saying something that he should have said a long time ago.
“I’m sorry.”
“For what?” Melanie mumbled absently as she continued searching for that cake, looking really fucking hopeful.
“I never should have talked to you the way that I did. Even as I was saying it, I wished that I could stop and take it back. I have no fucking idea why I did it other than the fact that you scare me, Melanie. Have from the first moment that I met you and when I realized just how badly I’d fucked up, I panicked. There’s no excuse for it and if I could go back and take back every word that I said that morning, I would. I am so sor-” Aidan said, only to cut himself off with a groan when she grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him down for a kiss that had him struggling to remember where they were.
Without a word, Melanie tightened her hold on his shirt as she stepped back, taking them out of line and leaving him with no other choice but to go with her, terrified that if he stopped kissing her that-
“Oh, my god! Look who it is!” a painfully familiar voice said, reluctantly drawing their attention.
As they broke off the kiss, Aidan kept his eyes locked with Melanie’s, letting her know that this was far from over. After a slight hesitation, they broke apart, but he didn’t let her go far. He took her hand in his and ran his thumb over the back of her hand as they faced her sister.
“Oh, my god! It is you! What are you guys doing here?” Caitlyn asked as she grabbed onto Adam’s arm with an excited smile while Adam stood there, glaring at Melanie and looking seriously pissed off for a man that was engaged to another woman.
“We were going to see a movie,” Melanie said, moving closer to him with a wince as she placed her hand on her belly and-
“Oh, thank god,” she mumbled a few seconds later when he placed his hand on her belly, instantly calming their son, who apparently wasn’t fond of his aunt. Not that he could blame him, Aidan thought even as he couldn’t help but notice that Adam’s glare had followed the move.
“You really should be back on bed rest, Melanie,” Caitlyn said, nodding.
“I’m fine,” Melanie said, placing her hand over his right around the time that the muscle in Adam’s jaw began to tick.
“What are you looking for?” Caitlyn asked, drawing his attention back to find Melanie once again searching for the cake that he was going to have to get for her.
“Cake,” she mumbled absently only to end up pouting when she didn’t find anything that looked promising.
God, she was just so fucking cute, Aidan thought unable to help but smile as he leaned down and kissed her cheek. “If we leave right now, we might be able to make it to Dixon’s before they close,” he said, smiling when Melanie suddenly turned and began waddling towards his car, dragging him behind her with a murmured, “Goodbye,” and-