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 gluten-free meal that her husband made for her with a sigh.
“Why do they get to be the godparents?” Caitlyn demanded with a pout as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Unable to help but frown, Melanie couldn’t help but ask, “Why would you think that I would pick you?”
“Ah, because I’m your sister?”
Blinking, Melanie asked, “And?”
“And we should be the godparents,” Caitlyn said, sending Adam a look that told him that it would be in his best interest to say something.
“Lucifer and Rebecca are Drew’s godparents,” Aidan said evenly as he reached for the platter filled to the brim with pot roast and began loading Melanie’s plate for her.
“Why?” Caitlyn demanded with a pout only to clear her throat and drop her arms when Aidan said, “Because I said so.”
Chapter 25
“You know what I’ve been thinking?” the epitome of evil asked while Aidan sat there, unable to take his eyes off Melanie.
“That it would probably be in your best interest to avoid going near religious relics so that you don’t burst into flames?” Aidan asked absently as he watched Melanie smile down at the photo album that his mother handed her a few minutes ago.
“No, but that’s probably a good idea,” Rebecca said with a heartfelt sigh and a nod as Aidan sat there, trying to tell himself that this was a bad idea.
“Then what have you been thinking?” he absently asked as he shifted his attention to the right and immediately wished that he hadn’t when he spotted his mother and brother locked in another glaring match over who was planning the baby shower.
“I was thinking that you might want to stop staring at her,” Rebecca drawled as Aidan once again found himself watching Melanie.
“And why’s that?” Aidan asked, still debating what he should do about her.
“It’s getting creepy.”
“Then what would you call what you did to Adam?” Aidan absently asked, not that he was complaining since it had chased the asshole off along with his pain in the ass wife before her parents had enough of their oldest daughter’s bullshit and left as well.
“Part of my process,” Rebecca said, shrugging it off.
“And what’s that?”
“You don’t want to find out,” Rebecca said with a pointed look that he easily ignored.
“Is that a warning?” Aidan asked, glancing back over to find his brother and mother still locked in a glaring match.
“It’s a promise,” Rebecca said, leveling a glare of her own on him.
“Is this the part where you tell me to back off?” Aidan asked as he helped himself to one of the large cupcakes that his mother picked up from Dixon’s bakery as he considered the small woman watching his every move.
“I would never do that,” Rebecca said, blinking innocently before adding, “but that doesn’t mean that I won’t make your life a living hell if you do anything to hurt her.”
“So, you’re fine if I decide to see if this is going anywhere,” Aidan said, taking a bite of the delicious cupcake as he watched his mother send his brother one last glare before she left.
“I didn’t say that, now did I?” Rebecca said, cocking an eyebrow as she reached for one of the gluten-free brownies that his mother picked up for her.
Nodding, Aidan murmured, “True,” as he glanced back at his brother and decided that he really didn’t have a choice.
“Glad we have an understanding,” Rebecca said with a sniffle as she took a bite of her brownie.
“Me, too,” Aidan murmured thoughtfully before finishing his cupcake and tossed the cupcake wrapper on her lap. When she picked it up with a frown, Aidan shot her a wink as he said, “Oh, god, you didn’t eat that cupcake, did you, Rebecca?”
“Wait. What? No, I didn’t-” she started to say, but it was too late.
There was a heavy sigh and then, “I told you to be careful.”
With a frantic shake of her head, Rebecca pointed towards Aidan, “No, no, no, you don’t understand, he-”
“I told you that wasn’t gluten-free,” Aidan said with a sad shake of his head as Lucifer walked over with another sigh. He plucked the cupcake wrapper out of her hand and tested a small crumb left behind. Sighing heavily, he tossed the cupcake wrapper aside with a glare before reaching down and grabbed his wife before she could run, and she definitely looked like she was about to run.
“He set me up!” Rebecca said, sounding desperate as she was forced to grab onto the back of her husband’s shirt when he threw her over his shoulder.
“That’s just the gluten talking,” Aidan said with a pitying look that earned a murderous glare.
“You’ll pay for this!” Rebecca bit out only to wince when Lucifer said, “It’s going to be a long night.”
“Hope you feel better,” Aidan said, shooting her a wink as he got up and decided that it was time to see where this was going.
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“I know this place that has the best apple pie you’ve ever had,” Aidan said as he plucked the photo album that she’d been looking at off her lap and placed it on the coffee table before offering her his hand.
“What are you doing?” Melanie asked even as she reached up and placed her hand in his.
“Using your love of carbs against you,” he said with a boyish smile as he released her hand.
“And why would you want to do that?” she asked as Aidan cupped her face in his hands and leaned down, slowly brushing his lips against hers in an achingly sweet kiss with a murmured, “Because I want a do-over.”
“A do-over?” she found herself asking weakly as Aidan ran his fingertips along her jaw before dropping his hands so that he could take her hand in his.
With that smile that she couldn’t resist, Aidan nodded as he used his hold on her hand to pull her towards the door. “I thought it would be a good idea.”
“Why’s that?” Melanie asked as she found herself being led outside.
“Because I don’t remember that night either,” he admitted, taking her by surprise.
With a sigh, Aidan opened the passenger side door for her as he added, “I don’t normally drink that much, but I was really fucking nervous that night.”
“Oh,” she mumbled, unable to help but frown as she carefully climbed into the car.
“Exactly,” Aidan said with a nod as he closed her door and walked around the car while she sat there, wondering if this was a good idea.
They were just starting to become good friends and she didn’t think it was a good idea to risk that, Melanie told herself even as she sat there, unable to take her eyes off him. This was a bad idea, she tried to tell herself, nervously licking her lips. As soon as he was in the car, she was going to tell him that, she decided with a weak nod as she pulled the seatbelt across her lap and buckled in.