Page 6 of Because You're Mine

“It sounds like you aren’t the one that quit,” Jay pointed out.

“It doesn’t matter, you don’t get to make that decision for me!” she snapped.

His eyes hardened. “Actually, I am making that decision.” He nodded toward the man who was pretending not to hear their stormy conversation. “This is my doctor. He’s going to look at you.”

Allie frowned at the doctor and then up at Jay who was leaning over her, ready to restrain her once her sharp mind figured things out.

“But I’ve already seen a doctor. I’m fine for now. You were there, Jay, you heard what the doctor said…” her voice trailed off and her confused eyes searched Jay’s face for answers.

His face remained implacable when he asked, “Was your husband having sex with Melissa the last time he slept with you?”

Allie shook her head, but frowned. Finally she whispered, “I don't know.”

“You haven’t been very responsible in seeing your doctor, Allison,” Jay said in a hard voice. “You should have gotten tested as soon as you found out about Mellisa. There’ve most likely been other women besides her.”

Allie frowned angrily, “You’ve been spying on me!”

“Do you really think I’d let you go that easily?” he asked, touching her cheek gently.

“You didn’t know everything about me!” she snapped.

He ignored her outburst and said, “We need to make sure that fucker didn’t give you anything.”

She blanched and shook her head. “I would know by now.”

“Not necessarily,” this from the doctor. “It’s safer to make sure, Ms. Klassen.”

Jay shifted to block the doctor from her view. Her frightened eyes were latched onto the stranger who was proposing to examine her. She looked up at Jay and shook her head. “No, please, Jay. I don’t need to get checked.”

He hardened himself against those beautiful velvety dark eyes. Besides her mother, Allie was the only person in the world that could soften him. Her fear called to the beast within him. Made him want to tear apart the world in an attempt to protect her. Unfortunately, it was him that was frightening her and there was nothing he could do about that. In order to protect her future he had to tear apart her world right now.

Speaking softly, he said in a hard voice. “This is going to happen Allie. You are getting a complete physical. You are past due and we need to make sure Derrick hasn’t given you anything.”

Tears trickled from her eyes. Jay knew that Allie was a very private person who didn’t often share herself physically with others. She hated going to the doctor and only saw female doctors for pelvic exams. Her face was now pale and she was shaking her head. Jay felt terrible for making this decision for her, but his doctor was one of the best and most discreet. He would make sure Allie was well cared for and that no word of her existence leaked beyond the walls of the vineyard.

“Look at me, Allison,” Jay said quietly, his strong hands pressing her shoulders back into the pillows. “I won’t allow you to suffer. I want you to sleep now.”

She frowned up at him for a moment, seconds before comprehension hit. She surged up against him, but he used his stronger body to press hers gently back into the soft pillows. He closed his long fingers around her wrists and pressed them down into the mattress.

“No, no, no!” she cried, shaking her head.

“Look at me!” he said sharply, pressing his body into hers, mindful not to put too much weight on her wounds.

Allie’s eyes snapped up to his and became trapped. The fight drained from her as he held her. She made a soft sound of denial as the doctor pricked her in the arm, administering the medication that would render her unconscious. She fought it bravely, but within seconds her eyelids fluttered shut and her muscles relaxed beneath him. Jay rolled off of her and quickly checked her bandages for blood seepage to make sure she hadn’t accidentally pulled her stitches. He should have known that Allie would fight for her freedom. Though it was clear she wanted him as much as ever, she wasn’t willing to give up her independence easily.

Jay cracked his neck and knuckles before leaning over and going about the task of undressing her. He knew he should probably leave the doctor to his examination. That seeing another man put hands on Allie was going to be an exercise in self-torture, but he couldn’t bring himself to put her through the experience alone. Even unconscious, he wanted her to have a friend nearby. The next several weeks were going to be enough of a trial for her as she adjusted to the reality of her new life.

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