Total pages in book: 12
Estimated words: 10487 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 52(@200wpm)___ 42(@250wpm)___ 35(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 10487 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 52(@200wpm)___ 42(@250wpm)___ 35(@300wpm)
Sure as fuck wasn’t much there, but it would make do while we had to hunker down. And we really needed to because the sky was opening up even more, and the wind was beating down like it had a personal vendetta against the three of us.
Joke pulled into the motel lot, and once I was parked beside him, I headed on inside the office. Joke followed a moment later with the woman at his side. “What’s your name?” Joke asked her, his voice sounding like he’d been chewing gravel. I always joked he sounded like pure sex when he talked, but it wasn’t exactly a lie. The man could read the Bible to me, and I’d get hard.
“Macie,” the woman replied just as I pulled open the door to the lobby, holding it open for Joke and Macie to follow in behind me. She sighed when the warmth of the lobby wrapped around her, and an urge to wrap her up in my arms to give her even more warmth surprised me so much, my steps faltered. Joke pressed a hand to my shoulder, his brows furrowing. I cleared my throat and forced a smile to my face, aiming my attention at the older gentleman working the counter as Joke dropped his hand.
“Hi. We need two rooms, if possible,” I told him.
He shook his head. “Afraid I ain’t got but one available, young man. Lotsa locals takin’ up rooms in preparation for this blizzard. Safer than some ol’ trailer. Don’t nobody wanna be without no heat in a trailer. Walls ain’t thick enough.”
Couldn’t blame them, really. Turning, I arched a brow at Macie. “Only one room available, sweetheart,” I told her. “You’re welcome to stay with us. Don’t want you out there in that mess.” I flickered my eyes toward outside, grimacing at how white it already was. Christ.
“That’s fine,” she said quietly.
I turned back to the receptionist. “We’ll take the last room,” I told him.
He nodded and pushed an old ledger to me. I filled out the information as Joke handed over the cash to pay for our stay. Macie tried to give him money, but he blatantly ignored her, making me snicker. And when she stomped her foot and huffed, I snorted.
She was damn adorable.
Once we had the key, I handed it to Joke. “Go on and get her in the room. I’ll get our bags from the bikes and get them covered.”
He frowned. “You sure?”
I looked at Macie. Her face was still too pale, and the color still hadn’t returned to her lips. Every few moments, a shiver wracked her body.
Yeah, I was sure. She needed a bed, blankets, and heat.
“Yeah, I’m sure. Get her in our room. She’s still cold as fuck.”
When we stepped outside, Joke urged her toward the stairs that would lead to the second floor and our room. I rushed toward our bikes, snatching our duffel bags off the backs. After grabbing the bike covers we kept beneath the seats, I quickly covered the gleaming beasts, then jogged for the stairs, our bags slapping against my legs as I went.
Joke must have been watching because when I reached the door, he was flinging it open. I stepped inside, dropping our bags by the door before I shivered and shook out my arms. “Fuck, the temperature is dropping like a mother fucker,” I muttered. I looked at the heater. “Is that fucking thing working?”
Joke shrugged. “I don’t know.” He glanced at Macie, who was burrowed beneath the blankets, her eyes closed as she shivered. It was definitely too cold in the room. Shit.
“See if there’s more blankets for her,” I told Joke as I stomped over to the heater and began pressing buttons. Grunting in frustration when it still didn’t turn on, I kicked the machine, and—oh, would you look at that. It started working.
“Fuck this,” Joke growled. I spun around to see what was wrong, watching as he began toeing off his boots. Macie opened her eyes, frowning at him in confusion. He pulled the blankets back and slid into bed behind Macie, wrapping his arms around her torso and tugging her back against him. “Get in,” Joke told me. “We’ve got to get her warm, or we’ll have to call an ambulance.”
I grunted but leaned down to untie my boots. Macie stayed silent, but her shaking was easing off, which meant she was getting warmer.
Sliding beneath the blankets in front of her, I scooted closer, pressing the front of my body to hers but keeping my hips angled away so she wouldn’t feel my dick hardening. She was a beautiful woman, and my man was in bed with us, too. It was a recipe for disaster for my poor cock.
“You’re so warm,” Macie whispered, her eyes sliding closed again.
“Get some rest,” I quietly told her as I slid an arm around her, feeling Joke’s flat stomach against the back of my hand through his hoodie. “We’ll be hunkering down here for a few days.”