if it becomes too painful.”
Tanner drew in a deep breath, then sighed. “You are stubborn, aren’t you?”
I flashed him my sweetest smile. He shook his head and let me put my weight on him as we walked into the kitchen.
“Wow! This kitchen is beautiful!” Dark walnut cabinets with a light gray tumbled tile backsplash gave the kitchen a simple yet elegant look. The stone counters, light in color as well, made the room feel bigger and airy. A vintage stove in cream and black served as the centerpiece for the entire kitchen. Another large window sat over the sink. “This is my dream kitchen!”
Tanner laughed. “Really? My father and I actually made all the cabinets in here.”
“Shut up! Seriously?” I asked as I looked back at him.
“Yep. I’ll be sure to tell him how impressed you were with them.”
I chuckled and walked through the kitchen. “I may have to hire you both for my place.”
“No hiring necessary, babe, I’ll gladly do anything you need me to.”
Wanting to continue the tour, I asked, “How many bedrooms are in the house?”
“Three bedrooms and two baths. My uncle Rob first built the log cabin, but it started out much smaller, and after he died, Granddad and my father added onto it and made it bigger. Family and friends can stay here when they visit if they don’t want to stay at the main house. Most of the time, though, it sits empty. I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that I would live here someday.”
“I’m surprised Brock and Ty haven’t claimed it,” I said.
Tanner chuckled. “I think they know it means more to me. Beck and I worked on the house a lot with my father, and then after Beck died, it was a project Dad and I finished up.”
I could hear the pride, as well as the emotion, in his voice. “It would be a beautiful place to live.”
He nodded. “I think so. But who knows what will happen?”
Tanner showed me a mudroom, a guest bedroom, another room that was set up as an office, and then the master bedroom. It was simple in size, but the massive logs and large windows made it all so beautiful. There was a screened-in porch off of the master bedroom, and I imagined it would be perfect during the summer. Large windows covered the entire wall of the master bedroom. The bathroom was also simple in size, but so beautifully done. The stand-up shower had a window in it damn near from the floor to the ceiling.
“It’s like we stepped outside with all these windows,” I softly said as I hobbled up to the large window to watch the snow falling outside. “Does it always snow like this in the winter?”
Tanner walked up beside me. “Sometimes, but not often. We’ll get the normal snowstorms that pass through, but this one is going to dump a lot of snow. We’re probably going to have to have Ty or Brock plow the road to the cabin and bring Pogo back in the trailer.”
My chest pinched with the sudden rush of anxiety. Living in Atlanta, I had never really experienced being snowed in before. “You’re kidding…it’s going to snow that much?”
He nodded as he stared out the window.
I swallowed hard and asked, “How long will we have to be here, do you think?”
He shrugged. “Most likely just for a night, maybe two depending on how fast it moves out.”
My eyes closed, and I inwardly cursed myself. “I’m so sorry, Tanner.” I looked down at the floor. “It’s because of me we’re stuck and you’re not with your family right now.”
He placed his finger under my chin and lifted my head so that our gazes locked. “Trust me when I say this, I would much rather be trapped in this cabin with you for a few days. I’m sure we can find all kinds of interesting things to pass the time while we’re here.”
“That does sound rather nice. It will give us a chance to get to know one another even more.”
He raised his brows, and I couldn’t help but shake my head and laugh at him. “Stop it.”
Tanner cleared his throat and glanced over toward the bathroom. “Listen, why don’t you take a warm shower? You’ll feel better. I’ve got some spare clothes in the master bedroom. I’ll turn up the heat in here so it gets warmer. Then, let me go see what they stocked the kitchen with, and we can eat an early