SEALed at Midnight by Cat Johnson

Author:Cat Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

On the porch she glanced back to make sure he was still following before she gathered as much wood as she could fit in her arms.

She managed to open the door and took a step inside, remembering she wouldn’t be able to see without the flashlight.

Dumping the wood on the floor, she turned back to him. “Come in and close the door, but watch the wood on the floor. I’m going to light some candles. Stay right there so you don’t trip.”

Being inside the dark house with the stranger was a little frightening. That inspired Ginny to find her cell phone first.

Creeping across the living room, she ran into the sofa, and felt her way around it.

By running her hand over the coffee table, she found the cell phone and let out a breath of relief. She hit the button and the display lit.

Thank God it didn’t have a dead battery. She could use it as a flashlight until she got to the candles and matches. And she could call for help if necessary.

The candles were on the mantle. She lit the first one and warm candlelight flooded her end of the cold room. She lit another and carried it to the coffee table.

With the room lit enough to safely see she went to get the wood she’d dumped by the door where she’d left the stranger.

In the candlelight, she got her first good look at her find. He stood shivering in a lightweight sports coat, T-shirt and jeans, totally inappropriately dressed for this kind of weather.

Ginny wasn't winning any fashion awards in her flannel pajamas, knee-high rubber boots and puffy insulated jacket, but at least she was warmer than him.

What she looked like wouldn't have mattered to her, except for the fact that her male guest was freaking gorgeous.

The candlelight glinted off the icicles forming in his dark wavy hair. Tall and broad and probably not much older than herself, even half-frozen he was better looking than ninety percent of the men on the matchmaking site she’d recently sworn off.

And he was shaking so badly he was vibrating the front door he was leaning against.

“I’m sorry. The house isn’t much warmer than outside. The power is out so the heat won’t work, but I can try to make a fire. I’m not the best fire maker and the wood’s wet but . . .”

“I can make the fire.” He bent and reached for a piece of wood . . . and swayed. He grabbed for the wall with one hand and pressed the other to his head.

Ginny took a closer look at him, this time not evaluating his good looks, but rather his current condition. She saw that his hair was frozen with more than just snow. There was something dark that looked a lot like blood.

“I think you might be bleeding. You must have hit your head. Were you in a car accident?”

“I don’t know.”

An accident. That made perfect sense. It was a completely logical reason why he’d be disoriented, wandering around in a storm unsure of where he was and talking nonsense.

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