Two-Penny Wedding by Karen Toller Whittenburg

Author:Karen Toller Whittenburg [Karen Toller Whittenburg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459275027
Publisher: Harlequin

JAKE WATCHED HER SASHAY up the hotel steps like a duchess, admiring her savoir faire, as well as her long, elegant legs. Her heels made saucy little clicks against the terrazzo tiles, and the vent in the back of Sonny’s jacket parted with each step to reveal a tantalizing glimpse of derriere. Inside the lobby, a bellhop tripped over his own feet trying to bypass the scowling doorman and open the door for her.

Gentry opened the door for herself, and with her chin at a dangerous angle, she marched past the doorman and up to the registration desk. Although Jake couldn’t hear what was being said, he could follow the conversation by the set of her shoulders and the toss of her fire red hair. When she put her hands on her hips, he groaned, knowing nothing good could come of that.

Within a matter of minutes, she was being ushered out the door by the scowling doorman, who seemed impervious to the demands she made along the way. As the door closed behind her, she stared in amazement at Jake. “They asked me to leave,” she said. “I went up to the desk to report their slovenly doorman and to ask for Sonny’s room number, and the clerk wouldn’t let me finish a sentence before he advised me he would call security if I didn’t leave immediately.”

“Hmmm.” Jake grasped Sonny’s ankles and began to slide him out of the truck once again.

“Hmmm? That’s it? That’s all you have to say?”

“If you think I’m going to try to persuade the management of this hotel that you’re appropriately dressed, you can think again.”

“I was dressed like this at the hospital and no one asked me to leave.”

“I don’t believe the emergency room has the same problem with uh…solicitors…as the hotel does.”

Her swiftly indrawn breath signaled a brewing storm. “Are you suggesting that anyone—excuse me, any doorman—would reasonably assume I’m a prostitute simply because I’m wearing an ill-fitting jacket in a hotel?”

Jake dropped Sonny’s legs and turned around to face her. “Could we please discuss this later? Although I’m sure getting booted out of a hotel lobby is hard on your ego, it really isn’t a serious problem. Your fiancé, on the other hand—”

Umph. Jake whirled in time to see Sonny slide off the bench seat and crumple into a lazy L-shape inside the angle of the truck cab and the open door. His head drooped awkwardly onto his chest and he sagged against the truck like a rag doll.

“Aa-aa-aah!” A woman’s scream ricocheted out of the dark, somewhere off to the right. “Help! Help!”

Jake spun toward the outcry, ready to race to the rescue, his muscles tensed for fight or flight. Gentry, too, turned, backing unconsciously against his body for protection. In a split second, he processed a dozen different emotions—from fear to tenderness—and knew they were all centered on the woman beside him. Placing his hands on her shoulders, he moved her behind him. “Stay here. Let me find out what’s

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