Chapter 30
“Look,” Arik said with a charming smile that probably got him whatever he wanted, “Aidan will never find out. This will be just between us. What do you say?”
“Step away from the pancakes,” Melanie said, narrowing her eyes on the man that kept her company all night and had already managed to devour three batches of pancakes, an entire pan of muffins, a dozen scrambled eggs, and two pounds of bacon.
“I thought you loved me,” Arik said, pouting as he reached for the plate piled high with pancakes and-
“Get out,” Aidan said, shoving Arik out of the way seconds before she found herself pulled into his arms.
“You ungrateful bastard!” Arik said in gasped outrage as she found herself being led out of the kitchen as Aidan brushed his lips against hers with a groan.
“What are you doing up so early?” Aidan asked as he guided her into the bathroom.
“I couldn’t sleep,” Melanie said, already reaching for his tie.
“You need sleep,” he said, breaking off the kiss just long enough so that he could reach down and push her oversized flannel pajamas off as she pulled his tie free only to grab onto his shoulders so that she could step out of her pants when he bent down to help her.
“I need you,” Melanie said, reaching down to cup his face and pull him back up so that she could kiss him.
“You have me,” he promised as he tore his shirt off and tossed it aside before reaching down and pulled his belt loose while he toed off his shoes. By the time that she pushed his pants and boxers down, he had her shirt off and was pulling her inside the shower.
“I made you dinner, but the warden wouldn’t let me bring it to you,” she said as she found herself turned around and facing the wall.
“Good. I don’t want you anywhere near the hospital right now,” Aidan said as he reached past her and grabbed her favorite body wash off the shelf.
“It doesn’t matter anyway because Arik ate everything as soon as I turned my back,” Melanie said, her breath catching when she felt his hands slide down her back.
“Amateur,” Aidan said softly as he kissed her shoulder.
“I know,” she mumbled sadly because she should have expected it.
“And you made me breakfast this morning,” he said, sounding pleased as he ran his soapy hands over her back.
“Yes,” Melanie said only to gasp when his hands slid around and found her breasts.
“Did you miss me?” he asked, using his hold on her breasts to pull her closer so that her back was pressed against his chest and she could feel just how much he’d missed her.
“Yes.”
“What did you miss about me?” he asked in a seductive whisper as he moved his hands over her breasts, gently kneading them in his hands as he kissed the side of her neck.
“Everything,” she found herself admitting as she reached back so that she could hold onto his hips as she stood there, unable to help but moan as her head dropped back against his chest.
“Tell me five things,” Aidan said as he ran his soapy fingers over her nipples.
“No,” Melanie managed to get out on a moan as she licked her lips and said, “your turn.”
“My turn?” he asked, sounding thoughtful as he pressed another kiss against her neck.
“Yes,” she said only to sigh with relief when he ran his hands down to her belly and instantly calmed the little boy that had kept her up all night.
“I missed holding you. I missed seeing your smile. I missed feeling Drew push against my side when he wanted attention. I missed the way that you manipulate me into running out and getting you pie, but mostly, I missed the way that you moan my name when I’m inside you,” Aidan said, punctuating his words by grinding his cock against her bottom and leaving her with no other choice but to moan.
“Just like that,” he whispered approvingly as he continued to grind against her as he ran his fingertips over her skin, tracing a path over her belly and down her hips until he reached back and placed his hands over hers. With another kiss against her neck, he wrapped his hands around hers and placed them against the shower wall as hot water ran down her back.
“What did you miss about me, Melanie?” Aidan asked, releasing her hands so that he could run his hands down her back.
“This,” she said as he ran his hands down her hips before gently gripping them so that he could pull her back and-
“You missed this?” he asked as he slowly slid inside her.
“God, yes,” Melanie said on a moan as she spread her legs further apart so that she could push back against him.
“What else?” he asked with a kiss against the back of her neck as he slowly pulled back.
“I missed being in your arms.”
“Better.”
“I really missed the pie that you let me manipulate you into getting,” Melanie answered with a solemn nod.
“I bet you did,” he said, chuckling only to groan when he pushed back inside her.
“I missed the way that you touch me,” she admitted on a groan as he pressed a kiss against the back of her shoulder as his hands found her breasts again.
“Much better.”
“I missed the way that you feel inside me,” she said, licking her lips when he pushed back inside her, filling her completely.
“Is that all you missed about me?” he asked after a slight pause.
Smiling, she shook her head as she dropped her hands away from the wall and leaned back against him so that she could reach up and cup the back of his neck and pull him down for a kiss as she said, “I missed you, Aidan.”
“Are you sure?” he asked, brushing his lips against hers as he wrapped his arms around her.
“Yes,” Melanie said even as she realized how much she’d really missed him.
Last night, she hadn’t been able to sleep and found herself curled up on the couch, binge-watching movies on Netflix with Arik and hadn’t been able to stop thinking about Aidan. She’d missed him so much, missed his smile, his touch, and…
She’d missed him.
“What do you want, Aidan?” she couldn’t help but wonder as she stood there, trying to tell herself that falling in love with him wasn’t a mistake, but the truth was, it terrified her.
She didn’t know what he wanted, what he expected, or if this even meant anything to him, but she knew that falling in love with him might end up being the biggest mistake that she’d ever made. She honestly couldn’t think of anything more foolish than falling in love with a man that told her that he wasn’t interested in anything more than a quick fuck.
But as she stood there in his arms, she couldn’t help but notice the difference between the man that he’d been that morning in the hotel and the man that he was now. She also couldn’t help but wonder if she was just seeing what she wanted to see or if he was doing this out of guilt over the baby and-
“I don’t want to be the rebound.”
Chapter 31
“What?” the woman in his arms asked, sounding confused.
“I don’t want to be the rebound,” Aidan repeated.
“You’re not,” Melanie promised him as she brushed her lips against his.