The Maverick's Snowbound Christmas

“We can be thankful for the heater,” she said, not expressing what she thought about the blankets.

Following the trend of her thoughts, he added, “And we can be thankful that we have friends and family out there who will see that we get dug out as soon as possible.”

“And if we aren’t dug out tomorrow?” Hadley asked in a low voice.

“If we’re not dug out by noon, I’ll get to the house somehow and figure out how to get you there, too.”

But Hadley didn’t look reassured by his words, just worried. “What if the snow starts again?”

“It has to stop sometime.” He could see her eye roll from the light of the lantern he carried. He asked seriously, “Wouldn’t you rather think about the best rather than the worst?”

“I would, but that doesn’t mean the best is going to happen.”

There was something about Hadley that told him she’d been through a crisis that had colored her view of men and maybe even the world. The question was—would she let him get to know her well enough to find out her secret?

Chapter Four

Hadley knew it made sense that she and Eli would bunk down together in the tack room/office where the heater was located. But the situation was still awkward. She’d be sleeping in here practically side to side with Eli! He’d gathered all the saddle blankets he could find, and now she helped him spread two of them across the floor. He’d found a sleeping bag tucked on a shelf. He’d unrolled that, opened it and laid it over the blankets.

Looking around the tack room instead of looking at him—because he drew her gaze to him much too often—she said, “This room looks a lot newer than the rest of the barn.”

“This was an old barn, so we added on the tack room/office, and that other small room for tools. It works well. We don’t have to worry about the heater causing condensation in the rest of the barn.”

“And it keeps the moisture from your tack.”

“Exactly.” He went to the shelves again and produced an orthopedic pillow. “Dad uses this when his back’s bothering him. You can have it for under your head.”

“What about you?”

“I’ll use my vest.”

“Should I keep my coat on?”

“We’d be better off under a blanket letting our body heat combine. You can use your coat as an extra covering or under you for more padding.”

Letting their body heats combine?

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