Logan's Leap Read Free Page B

even think of her like that? She was a complete stranger, pregnant with
another man’s child. And he didn’t want a woman in that way, at least not
emotionally. But that’s why he kept them at bay physically, so the emotions
couldn’t take over. He hadn’t been with a woman in two years and although
physically he missed it sometimes, he knew what he had to do to stay free, so
he did it.
    Just
as he lie back on the bed to wait, he heard a loud noise come from the bathroom
and leapt up. “Are you okay Jayna?” he yelled.
    “No!
Help me Logan,” she cried.
    He
rushed in just as she started to fall to the shower floor. Catching her just in
time, he held her close to his body to try to stop her shaking. “Hey, it’s
okay. I’ve got you.”
    “I
was just so dizzy,” she murmured, resting her head against his chest.
    “Let’s
get you dried off and warm,” he said, adjusting her to be able to grab a towel.
He carried her out of the bathroom and laid her on the bed, covering her with
the towel. “You’re staying with me, right?” he asked gently.
    “Yeah,”
she mumbled. “I’m so sorry. Help me sit up so I can dry myself off.”
    “Sure,”
he said, lifting her by the shoulders so he could sit behind her. “Go ahead and
lean back against me.”
    Her
shaky right hand reached for the towel covering her body. She started at her
arms, her breathing getting heavy.
    “Hey,
let me do it,” he offered. “You’re going to make yourself pass out again.”
    “Please
don’t,” she whimpered. “This is all embarrassing enough.”
    “There’s
nothing to be embarrassed about,” he whispered calmly in her ear. “You need
help and I’m going to give it to you. That’s all there is to it.”
    Jayna’s
hands dropped from the towel and she fell back against him. “I’m sorry.”
    “It’s
okay,” he said, taking the towel to finish drying her off. The marks and faded
bruises that lined her chest and legs made him sick to his stomach. How a man
could do that to anyone, let alone the woman carrying his child, was something
he couldn’t fathom. “When was the last time he hurt you?”
    “He
caught up with me a couple of weeks ago,” she whispered. “I was hiding in Deb’s
cabin just outside of Denali. Thank God the caretaker came by when he did…”
    Logan
was nearly shaking with anger. “Have you had the baby checked out since – to
make sure he’s not hurt?”
    “The
bastard made sure not to touch the baby,” she whispered.
    Logan
felt there was more to the story, but he didn’t want to push her, yet. “I have
an old friend, Nicoletta, who is a nurse and has worked with an OB before.
Please let me call her and have her come check you over.” He felt her body
tense against him. “Please?”
    “She
can’t tell anyone that I’m here.”
    “I
know. She’ll do whatever I ask.”
    “Okay,”
Jayna finally agreed. “Can I sleep now?”
    “I
want you to eat again, and take some vitamins,” he told her, rising up off the
bed to prop her on pillows. He went to his closet and pulled out an old
t-shirt. “Come on, help me get this on you and I’ll go grab us something to
eat.”
    Jayna
shakily sat herself up and let Logan put his shirt over her head then collapsed
back onto the pillows. “I ran out of vitamins three days ago. But I'm still
kind of hungry,” she admitted.
    “The
benefits of living above a grocery store. If you’ll be okay for about ten
minutes, I’ll run down and grab some stuff.”
    “I’ll
be fine,” she smiled. “I’ll probably just doze off until you get back."
    Logan
grabbed a dry shirt and quickly put it on. When he turned around, Jayna looked
away, a blush coloring her face.
    “It’s
nice to see that you can have some color in your face,” he said lightly. “Hang
tight, I’ll be right back.”
    The
store was nearly deserted when he stepped through the swinging doors from the
back. It seemed everyone was being smart and staying out of the storm. There
were two