I could have enjoyed the story if the ML hadn't been fixated on revenge from the beginning. Sorry, but big boo hoos from childhood don't ever excuse revenge against the innocent. That's the kind of sick mindset that leads to babies and toddlers being sent to the guillotine. And where does this other mindset of "if I boink her once, I can forget her and get on with my life" come from? When I think of it, it sounds rather infantile and totally stupid. It makes me think that an awful lot of Harlequin MLs are incapable of growing up!