Yet, alongside the guilt, there lingered a surge of a different nature, a raw and intense desire that had coursed through him during their altercation. Jamie couldn’t deny the undeniable pleasure he had felt in the midst of their fight, the raw passion which had consumed him. Her defiance had stirred something primal within him, an urge to claim her fiercely, to quell the storm of emotions raging within them both that he hadn’t been sure whether to punish her or roger her senselessly on the floor.