The Wolf Hotel: Complete Series by Tucker K.A. & West Nina

Author:Tucker, K.A. & West, Nina
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

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I flop onto my bed, my stomach swollen from Celeste’s cooking. I may not have wanted to go and face the Enderbeys for what was bound to be more awkwardness, but at least I’ll go to bed full.

Sliding my phone from my pocket—the Reverend doesn’t allow phones at the dinner table and it was absolute torture every time my phone vibrated in my back pocket—I smile at the group message from Ronan and Connor.

Connor: The Cove isn’t the same without you.

I do the math. It’s only four o’clock there.

Abbi: Are you guys still working?

Connor: Yeah, it’s pissing rain. We could have used you here.

I roll my eyes at Connor’s not-so-subtle reminder of our one time together, that day in the truck, even as nervous flutters stir in my stomach. I still can’t believe I left for Alaska a heartbroken virgin and returned with not only three notches in my belt, so to speak, but the memory of a threesome with two gorgeous men.

That’s never going to happen again, but how do I tell Connor that without telling him that I’m with Henry now? That my heart has always been with Henry. I’m not sure what Henry wants shared with his staff.

Ronan knows, even though we’ve never once come right out and said it. He’s always known. But I can trust him not to say a word. Connor, on the other hand, can’t be trusted to keep quiet.

Abbi: Send me a picture of our spot on the bay. I want something to remember it by.

A few minutes later, I get a selfie of a grinning Connor stretched out on the sand at the staff beach, shirtless, a beer in his hand. Several other staffers are around him in bikinis and trunks. Allowing these kinds of texts is probably wrong.

Abbi: I thought you said it was raining?

Ronan: He’s a drunken, horny liar.

Ronan’s been pretty quiet in this text exchange. Then again, he’s always been kind of quiet in comparison to Connor.

A few minutes later, I get a separate text from Ronan with a picture of Kachemak Bay, the dark blue waters rolling in soft waves, the tree-lined shores stretching as far as the eye can see. I curl up on my pillow and study it, my sadness suddenly overwhelming.

As much as I need to be here for my family, I want to be back there.

Ronan: What happened with Wolf?

I sigh. It’s the first time he’s ever outright asked about him and I can’t lie to him.

Abbi: We’re seeing where things go. He’s on his way back to the Cove tonight.

Ronan: I take it he knows about us?

Abbi: He knows enough.

Henry never asked for specifics. If he ever does.... My stomach tightens with the thought of giving them to him. What would he say?

Ronan: Do C and I need to worry about our jobs?

Abbi: No. I made him promise. Just maybe help Connor find another “interest” so he doesn’t keep sending me these kinds of texts.

I don’t know that Connor’s even capable of having a normal, non-sexually charged conversation, and if that’s the case.

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