Page 28 of A Roommate for Christmas
The following morning shocked the entire city of Chicago.
While everyone slept, the city experienced the biggest blizzard it had seen since 1979.
There was twenty-nine inches of snow on the ground and it showed no signs of stopping.And on top of that, it was fifteen degrees outside.
O’Hare and Midway were both completely shut down, and there was no world in which Paige was getting on a plane to California.
How did this happen?Paige was shocked.Why did none of the news channels pick up on this storm?
She looked out her window onto a sea of white.Cars were covered, doors were blocked, and there wasn’t a soul in sight.
She was completely snowed in.
It was only then that it dawned on her.
Shewasn’t snowed in.
Theywere snowed in.
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Paigewasspiraling.Herflight was cancelled, and though she was already rebooked for the next day, she had little faith the snow was going anywhere that soon.
Her phone buzzed with a text from Nadia.
Paige OMG!I’m so sorry about your flight ...I know how much you were looking forward to going home.
This storm came out of nowhere!What the hell?!
I knowwwww.It’s so wild!
Can I come over to your place if I can shovel my way out of the condo building?
Obviously you are always welcome, BUT when we realized the snow was coming down hard last night we preemptively drove out to Linus’s parents’ house :/
Well then it’s official ...I’m stuck in here with Carter.
I mean ...there could be worse things ;)
Nadia, there is NOTHING worse!He is insufferable.Just when I thought we were turning a corner, he comes in hot with his holier than thou attitude that reminds me why I hate him.
I’m sorry, I wish I could do something!
Paige set her phone down and made a coffee.
As she waited for the cup to fill up, she counted the remaining pods for her Nespresso machine.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ...
“What are you still doing here?”
Paige startled at the sound of Carter’s voice.“You don’t know?”Paige asked as she turned around to see a shirtless, god-like Carter standing in the doorway.
It was a good thing her coffee wasn’t ready, or she would have dropped the mug.
His olive skin was so smooth, he looked like stone.The muscles helped with that too.His triceps were bulging, as if he had just done 100 push-ups before opening the door.His chest was muscular and led down to a six-pack chiseled to perfection.
She had no idea how much time had passed when she heard Carter speak again.“Holy shh ...”His voice trailed off as he walked to the window.
While she was in her trance, he must have grabbed a shirt because he was pulling one on as he passed her.
