Irresistible (Neighbor from Hell #11) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,80
but going out and getting pregnant on purpose to try to get back at us is just pathetic. It’s been three years, Melanie, you really need to move on and get over it. Adam wasn’t in love with you, hadn’t been for a long time, and every time he tried to tell you, you went out of your way to make him feel bad so that he stayed until he finally got sick of you and now, you’re doing the same thing to Aidan.”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about,” Melanie said, shaking her head as she forced herself to turn around and head to her car, afraid that she would finally give in to urge to slap her sister, something that she’d promised her parents that she would never do no matter how much Caitlyn pissed her off.
But god, did Caitlyn have it coming…
“Oh, but I really do. When I was walking to the exam room to get my checkup, I heard Aidan and his father talking in his office. He’s going to ask you to marry him because you got pregnant and he wants to do the right thing. He doesn’t deserve to be used like this. You need to do the right thing and let him go. This just isn’t right.”
“He loves me,” Melanie said firmly, reminding herself that Caitlyn was just trying to cause problems because that’s what she did.
That’s what she always did.
“Really? Then what about the Bradford curse, hmm? I heard all about it at the baby shower, which makes me wonder why Aidan is really proposing,” Caitlyn said as Melanie watched her sister head across the small parking lot to her car as she stood there, telling herself that she should forget about this only to end up pulling her phone out of her pocket and sending Rebecca a text message, hoping to figure out what was really going on.
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“What’s the Bradford curse?” Melanie asked as soon as he opened his office door to find her sitting on his couch, holding a large fast-food cup in her hands and watching him with a sad expression that told him that she already knew.
“Where’s Cody?” Aidan asked, closing the door behind him before he walked over to the couch and sat down next to her.
“With your father,” Melanie said as he reached over and pulled her onto his lap, careful of the large drink in her hands as he helped her move until she was straddling his lap.
“The curse doesn’t matter,” he told her, leaning down so that he could steal a sip of her drink as he placed his hands on her hips.
“That’s not what I heard,” Melanie said, worrying her bottom lip and looking so damn lost as he stole another sip, trying to buy himself some time to figure out how to explain this to her without her realizing that his family was clearly fucking insane since he felt that it would be in his best interest to wait until after they were married before she found out.
“Who told you about the curse?” Aidan asked, wondering which one of the assholes that he was related to had tried to fuck him over.
“Caitlyn overheard something mentioned about the Bradford curse at the baby shower,” she said as he struggled against the urge to tell her what he thought about her sister as he took the cup from her.
“And she felt the need to tell you,” he guessed, sighing as he took another sip, finishing off her drink before he reached over and placed it on the side table.
“She did,” Melanie mumbled sadly with a small nod as he reached up and cupped her beautiful face in his hands.
“I love you, Melanie, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but we’re going to do this the right way,” Aidan said as he leaned in so that he could brush his lips against hers. “Tonight, Lucifer is going to watch Cody while I take you out for an incredibly romantic dinner where I’m going to spoil you with white roses, champagne, and chocolate while I tell you just how much I love you. After dinner, I’m going to take you to an insanely expensive hotel where I’m going to spend the rest of the night spoiling you in every way imaginable before I make love to you and before the night’s over, I’m going to get down on one knee and ask you to marry me.”