Eve did make the choice for him, because unexpected as it had been, she had fallen in love, she wasn't supposed to have done that, which she supposed did mean that even though the powers made her, they didn't control her.
"But the reasons I had then, they're gone now. And who in this city would give me the chance to find new ones. They hate me Lindsey and truth be told, I'm pretty okay with that"
He was working things out in his head about what was going on, about the Senior Partners motivations, or lack of them. That calculating look turning to mischief as he talked about meddling.
"I know why you meddle, I was part of the meddling remember?"