While Snowbound (Sensual Romance Series) by McIntyre Anna J

Author:McIntyre, Anna J. [McIntyre, Anna J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Robeth Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-05-30T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

One of the first things they noticed when entering the cabin was that the heater was running. The electricity was back on. Ella went immediately to the telephone and picked up the receiver, but the landline was still out.

Instead of using the Dutch oven in the fireplace, Ella put the chili in a stainless steel pan to heat it on the stove. She asked Brady to put some more logs on the fire while she heated lunch. Although they’d eaten breakfast less than three hours before, both were hungry. Cereal and juice wasn’t enough to ward off hunger pangs until noon, not after their morning hike.

“When did you refill the log rack?” Brady asked when he pulled several sticks of firewood from the rack sitting adjacent to the fireplace. It was completely full.

“I did that when I got up this morning. I’ve a cord of wood outside, and I figured I’d better refill the rack before the snow started again.”

“You really are a Girl Scout,” he chuckled. Brady tossed the wood on the fire before looking out the window. The snow was now falling at an accelerated rate. White streams of snow on a grey backdrop replaced the once blue, cloud-filled morning sky.

“We made it back just in time,” Brady told her, still staring out the window with his back to Ella, who was busy in the kitchen area.

She looked up from what she was doing and gazed across the living room to the large picture window.

“Looks kind of nasty out there. Not saying it isn’t pretty, but I’m glad we’re in here and not outside.”

“Do you need me to help you with lunch?” Brady asked, turning from the window and walking to the breakfast bar.

“No, I think I have everything handled.”

“Then I’ll bring in the boxes and suitcase from the sled.”

Brady brought the boxes of beer and wine into the kitchen, setting them on the counter. Ella teased him about his expensive tastes in beverages, yet she had no clue how much the beer and wine cost. Had she known how expensive they really were, she would have been shocked.

He took the suitcase into the downstairs bedroom, and began to unpack. Anxious to get out of Kevin’s pants and shirt, and into something he felt more comfortable in, he changed his clothes before returning to the kitchen.

“For some reason, those clothes look more you,” Ella said when he walked into the room. He wore dark slacks and a black pullover sweater. “I think black is your color. Although, I’m not sure it is a color.” His slacks were more fitted, and not baggy like the borrowed pair. Ella understood why women found him so attractive. If he wasn’t a rock star, I would so be all over that, Ella told herself, only half-teasing.

After lunch, Brady offered to help her clean up, and this time she didn’t say no. He wasn’t as inept in the kitchen as she originally thought, and the two managed to efficiently move around in the small area without getting into each other’s way.

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