"I was desperate." "That wasn't the entire reason." His low voice sounded like a purr. "You also had a taste for the devil." "I didn't! I don't!" "You enjoyed cornering me, an infamous rake, in my own home with an offer I couldn't afford to refuse. Don't try to deny it-- I know you well enough by now." Incredibly, despite her grief and worry, Evie felt a smile working up to her lips. "Perhaps I did enjoy it, for a moment," she admitted."