Adapting Desires (Endangered Heart Series Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

there, looking pale and terrified.
    “My love,” he shouted down to her. “What are you doing here? Is everything all right?”
    Despite his injuries, she smiled at the sight of his face when she looked up at him. Instantly, without asking, he knew his assistant had opened her big mouth yet again.
    “You did not need to come,” he said, following her steps as she ran up the stairs. “It is not nearly as bad as it appears.”
    She flew into his arms rather than letting him finish his sentence—her whimpers of relief combined with laughter.
    “Emilia,” he tried to soothe her, even though his bruised ribs ached slightly as she squeezed him. In all of his days, it was the most pleasant kind of pain he had ever experienced. “All is well, my love. I swear to you—”
    She interrupted him with a swat to his shoulder and a firm look. “How is this well? You look awful!”
    Though painful, he rolled his eyes. “You are just now noticing? Despite your foolishness, I have rarely doubted your eyesight, but now…”
    “What happened, Kasper?” Emilia stepped away and crossed her arms over her chest. Even through her narrowed eyes he could sense her concern for him.
    “The accelerator in the BMW became stuck. I attempted to disconnect the engine, but when that didn’t work I’m afraid I had to apply the brakes.”
    She shook her head. “So how did you end up crashing?”
    “There seemed to be some kind of electronic failure. The automatic brakes snapped just as I was nearing the end of a traffic jam. It was either the concrete wall or a motorcyclist.”
    “Oh, Kasper, why didn’t you call me? You could have been killed!”
    He brought her to him and chuckled softly. There was something suddenly unnerving about her looking at the newer damage to his face, a shame there he couldn’t quite shake off.
    “For exactly this reason,” he mocked. “You know how I hate to see dark circles under those pretty eyes of yours. Telling you about this before you got here would have only worried you more than necessary.”
    “I’m your wife, Kasper, not your child. You don’t have to protect me from reality.”
    “Maybe I do not have to.” He shrugged with her still in his arms. “But I want to.”
    “Were you going to tell me at all? Or did you think I just wouldn’t notice the totaled car and the change in your voice?”
    “It is rather cumbersome, isn’t it?” He sighed and wiggled his nose to test the feature. Immediately, however, the pain rang up to his brain. “I’m afraid not only am I not one of the beautiful people, but now I sound like a cartoon character.”
    “What did Hartwell say? Won’t it heal?”
    Kasper shook his head. He had hoped to make her laugh and relieve the tension, but because he hadn’t, he felt considerably worse. “Not without being reset. I have a consultation with a plastic surgeon tomorrow evening.”
    “A plastic surgeon?” Emilia had wondered more than once why Kasper didn’t explore the possibilities—especially with his resources and intense dislike for his appearance. And yet the thought never went anywhere beyond that. It was such a remote subject for her that she didn’t even feel the need to bring it up.
    “H-How do you feel about that?” she asked cautiously.
    There was a touch of amusement in his voice “I was about to ask you the same question.”
    “It sounds cliché, but I love you just the way you are, Kasper. If getting your nose repaired helps you breathe better, then by all means, but I would be lying if I said I was comfortable with the idea of you going under the knife.”
    “ Another cliché, my love? Honestly—”
    “Stop trying to be funny, Kasper. This is serious.”
    “I know it is, darling. But it is hardly the topic for such a late hour, and after the long drive you must be tired. Why don’t we save this for the morning, hmm?”
    Leaning into him, Emilia allowed him to rub her back in the way she liked. If she was forced to confess, her