Stable Connection

Chapter Fourteen

Jon’s POV

            I can’t believe that I just caved and let Lina talk me out of taking her to the hospital or calling her father; it was stupid of me not to do both or at least one of them, but somehow she managed to talk me out of it. To be fair though the look that she gave me while she begged for me not to take her or call her dad could have made any man crumble; the way she looked through her long lashes and batted her eyes, the way her lower lip stuck out in a small pout and the child like voice she used while begging was enough to make even the hardest man go soft and do whatever she was asking. It was not healthy that she was able to have that strong of an effect on me; in that moment while she begged she could have said jump and I would have asked how high.

            Once I gave her the pain pills I helped her lay back in bed and went out to the living room to let her rest for a little while; I stuck my head in my hands as I thought back on what happened. I was working in the main barn when I heard her scream of pain coming from outside; I dropped the hay bale I was about to spread in a stall and took off toward the sound of her voice. When I saw her on the ground crawling to the fence with a large brown horse going crazy bucking up and rearing back in the pen with her I took off full speed towards her and jumped the fence while still in mid run; I moved my body to block the horse from her the best I could before scooping her up and making my way back over the fence with her in my arms, not an easy task let me tell you.

            After carrying her up to the room and taking off the shin guards, one of which was now dented from where the horse kicked her I helped her get her jeans off. At first when she asked me I didn’t want to do it; I felt almost like I would be violating her by taking her pants off while she lay in my bed in pain. I knew there was no other way that we could see the injury if I didn’t get them off her so I tried my best to be as gentle as I could when I pulled the fabric down her legs; the soft feel of her skin rubbing against my hands as I pulled them down her legs had my jeans all of a sudden feeling a little too tight in the front. I tried my best to push back the feelings of my growing member as my hands skimmed across her silky skin; as soon as the spot where the horse kicked came into view all thoughts of arousal quickly left me and were replaced with fear. The horse had really done some serious damage to her leg.

            The bruising on her leg was so bad that it looked like it had been there for days rather than minutes; I knew right away that I should have taken her to a hospital, how could she even be sitting there not saying anything when I knew she had to be in more pain than I have probably ever experienced in my life. She said she didn’t want to go because she knew that they would give her pain meds; I just couldn’t wrap my head around that, if I were in her position right now I would be begging for pain meds not trying to stay away from them. Like always Lina once again surprised me with just how strong of a woman she was; hell I’m a guy and I have a feeling that even I would be crying out in pain if I had that injury on me.

            Lina was one of the toughest people that I know so I don’t know why it surprised me that even with the amount of pain she was in she was able to hide it so well; she was one tough cookie, that’s for sure. I shock my head as I thought about it; she never seizes to amazing me with her strength. I sat on the couch for a few more minutes before deciding to go see if she needed anything; I walked into the bedroom to find her sitting on my bed texting away on her phone like she didn’t have a care in the world, let alone a huge black and blue bruise on her leg that seemed to be getting bigger by the minute. I leaned on the door frame of my room for a second just watching her, she didn’t seem to notice me standing there; I took a few moments to take in all her beautiful features before deciding that I should get her some ice for her leg.

“Here I brought you this.” I said holding out the bag of ice that I had wrapped up in a towel for her.

“Thanks!” She said offering me a bright smile as she took it from my hand and lightly laid it on her leg wincing slightly as it made contact with her skin. “Come sit with me?” She asked patting the bed next to her.