" Wife?” she repeated, almost shouting. “I would not marry you if you were the last man on earth. You are a murderer and a thief. I do not want you!” “But I want you. And that is where this conversation shall end.” He threw open the door and practically dragged her to the base of the stairs that led to the upper floors. When she refused to mount the steps, he easily lifted her onto the first step and spanked her soundly on the bottom. “Go,” he ordered softly. “This is not over,” she growled. “I will fight you with the last breath in my body against this… this madness.” “Go or you shall feel my hand to your backside again.” Rubbing her bum, glaring at him, she disappeared up the stairs. Jax stood there until she vanished. "
― Kathryn Le Veque , The Dark Lord (Titans, #1)