“I never meant to—” “But you did,” he hissed, low and furious. “Again and again.” And then—God help her—she kissed him. Roughly. Desperately. Like a woman on the verge of breaking. They crashed into each other like wildfire, clothes hitting the floor in frantic pulls and half-sobs. He lifted her onto the kitchen counter, teeth against her neck, growling against her skin. She wrapped her legs around him like a vice, nails digging into his shoulders, trying to brand the moment into her bones before she could forget it again. Afterward, she sat wrapped in a towel on the floor while he leaned against the cabinet, breathing hard. “I don’t know who I am when I’m around you,” she said. Devil looked at her, his eyes wild. “Then maybe that’s the real you.” She shook her head. “I can’t keep

