Harlequin Medical Romance July 2019, Box Set 2 of 2 by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘SHOULDN’T YOU BE taking it easy?’ Logan caught her making her way through The Nest. ‘You look really washed out.’

Seeing him froze her into position, but she managed a weak smile. ‘I thought I’d get some fresh air.’

‘Okay. Want me to come with you? In case you pass out again?’

He genuinely looked concerned, and she wasn’t sure how to deal with his concern when all she wanted was to take the test and put her mind at ease. She certainly didn’t need the father of her possible child showing her kindness. Not at a time like this, when everything was so uncertain. He had no idea of the turmoil battling it out in her mind.

Being pregnant would not be good. It would not be welcome. She had vowed never to get pregnant again. Not after what had happened to Samuel. The risk that it could happen again was too great even to contemplate…

‘No, no. You stay here. You’re needed here.’ She swallowed. ‘The babies need you. Not me. I’m just…’ she pointed in the direction of the exit ‘…going that way. I won’t be long, and then I’ll be back, good as new.’ Another weak smile.

‘All right. Try and eat something—it might help.’

She nodded. ‘Yes. I will. Yes…’

Why was he looking at her like that? As if he cared? As if he was really worried about her? There was no need for that. She wasn’t any of his business. At least she hoped not. If she were pregnant, then—

No. Don’t even consider it.

She grabbed her jacket from her locker. It was getting cold outside. It would look odd if she said she was going out but didn’t take her coat. She used her ID card to go through to Labour and Delivery, nodding a greeting at one of the midwives she vaguely recognised and asking where her equipment cupboard was?

‘What can I get you?’

Her cheeks coloured. ‘I have a mother in Neonatal. Thinks she might be pregnant and—’

‘A mother?’ The midwife laughed. ‘Isn’t it a bit soon for her to be thinking she’s pregnant if her child is in Neonatal?’

Ellie blinked, not having thought through her quick lie thoroughly. ‘Er…well, yes—you’d think that, but the baby has been in Neonatal for a couple of months and…’

‘Ah, I understand. Well, we don’t have pregnancy tests on this unit. Women are usually already pregnant by the time they get here! But you could try the Fertility Clinic.’

‘Where’s that?’

‘Down this corridor, through the double doors and it’s the first door on your left.’

‘Thanks. I just want to put her mind at rest, you know?’

‘Sure. She must be pretty stressed, having one in Neonatal and thinking there’s another on the way.’

Ellie nodded. ‘Stress plays havoc with a woman’s cycle. I’m sure she’s not, but I said I’d try to help.’

‘I hope she gets what she wants.’

Well, what Ellie wanted was to take this test and prove to herself that she wasn’t pregnant! But the evidence was beginning to mount up the more she thought about it.

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