to Lucifer, who was over here so that he could use their kitchen to test a recipe for the Fire & Brimstone since he no longer allowed gluten in his house after they’d discovered that his children also had celiac disease, as he sat there, glaring down at his phone. “Watch your godchildren for a minute.”
“Fine,” Lucifer said, making sure to sound put out as he tossed his phone aside and grabbed the Harry Potter book off the coffee table that he’d been reading to the boys, who looked torn between glaring at Aidan and finding out how Harry Potter managed to beat a dragon. When Lucifer settled back against the couch and opened the book, the boys sent him one last glare and quickly made their way to the couch and climbed onto Lucifer’s lap.
Knowing that they were in good hands, Aidan decided to go find his wife. He checked the kitchen to see if she was there only to absently note that his brother had rearranged the kitchen, again, checked her office, the family room, and eventually found himself heading upstairs so that he could check the nursery only to chuckle when he spotted his two-year-old son passed out on his bed with one of the chocolate cupcakes that Melanie made earlier clutched firmly in one small hand. Aidan had been wondering why he hadn’t been with his brothers.
After carefully extracting the cupcake from his son’s hand, Aidan grabbed a box of baby wipes and cleaned the buttercream frosting off Benjamin’s face and hands before he tucked him back in, unable to help but smile as he leaned down and kissed his baby boy’s forehead. He was such a sweet little boy, Aidan thought as he ran his fingers through his son’s hair, pushing it out of his face before he stood up and went to find his wife.
He checked the boys’ room, the playroom and finally, checked their bedroom only to find himself drawn to the closed bathroom door. When he opened the door and found his wife sitting in the tub, hugging her knees against her chest, looking a little lost, he wasn’t surprised, and to be honest, he wasn’t exactly surprised to find the pregnancy test on the bathroom counter either.
“Did you look yet?” Aidan asked, walking over to the sink and had a look.
“No,” came the softly mumbled reply.
“Do you want another baby?” he asked as he looked back up to find his wife watching him as she admitted, “Would you be mad if I did?”
Chuckling, Aidan walked over so that he could lean over and kiss his wife as he said, “I want two more,” making her lips twitch.
“Two more girls,” Melanie said, knowing him so damn well.
“Mmmhmm,” he murmured in agreement as he reached into the water so that he could place his hand over her belly. “Looks like we only have one more to go.”
“I guess we do,” Melanie said, smiling as she reached up and cupped his face in her wet hands as she kissed him.
“What gave it away this time?” Aidan asked against her lips as he reached down and pulled his shoes off.
“I saw a carrot,” she said with a wince, making him chuckle as he made quick work of emptying his pockets.
“We should stop buying them,” Aidan said, already making a mental note to get rid of all the raw vegetables in the house, something that he’d learned to do as soon as they found out that she was pregnant to help cut down on the time she spent dealing with morning sickness.
“We really should,” his beautiful wife readily agreed as she reached for his tie.
“You know it’s your turn, right?” she said as he pulled his shirt free.
“Is it?” Aidan asked, unable to help but smile.
“It really is,” Melanie said, nodding solemnly as she pulled his tie free and dropped it to the floor seconds before his shirt joined it.
“Did I ever tell you about this one time when I fell in love with this beautiful woman that drove me out of my mind?” he asked, deciding that he’d waited long enough as he climbed into the tub when she reached for his belt.
“I don’t know, I think that might be against the rules,” Melanie said as she used her hold on his belt to pull him into her arms.
“What if I promised to get you pie?” Aidan asked, placing his hands on the back of the tub as he kissed the woman that had turned