Chapter 19

Excuse me?" Marcus asked.

"I'm just saying, you have someone like Isabel around at your beck and call, why waste time on me? I don't even know where I'm going with my life, I am a liability to you." Elena ranted.

"Have I ever said that?"

"No, but look at the circumstances we met. It just doesn't look like the perfect meet to tell our kids."

"You want kids?" He asked, his eyes widening.

"Not the point but I — why do you look so terrified?" Elena backtracked, she had never seen Marcus like that before.

"I— I'm not terrified," he shifted a bit away from her.

"Is it what I said about the kids thing? I didn't mean that, I mean I want kids but not with you— that didn't sound better, forget I said that— where are you going?" While she was ranting, Marcus had stood up from the bed and was slowly backing out of the room.

"I need to clear my head," was his reply.

"You're not too strong to be walking about, if you want I can leave."

"Don't worry about it, I'll go. You stay," he said shuffling hi