All Chapters of Too Late For Us, Mr Ashford : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Elena's POV.My eyes moved from his to mine, trying to figure out if I was just in the wrong place entirely or if they could be a means for me to get out of what I had deliberately committed myself into. "I don't think I follow this thought process. Why do we have to keep pretending when I'm already here?" His eyes roamed over my face, "Elena, you know that I would not deliberately put you on the spot." He sighed, "but these people have been clamoring for me to have a woman by my side. In case you've not noticed my life is a huge mess and I don't think it's wise to bring someone into it." My ears rang, signaling that this was nothing but a bad idea. In fact the worst, but there was nothing I could do now, was there?"See... We do not have time. We have to make sure that our story is solid enough. The best story we can go with is the fact that we discovered that we are in love with each other and we are ready to pursue a relationship."My facial expression must have been an indicati

Marcus's POV. "Yes, I'll be your wife." Elena's sharp words bounced over the walls shocking me to my bones. Of all the things that I could imagine, this was the least of them. My eyes regarded her coolly. She wasn't one of those people who made certain decisions except she was pushed. "To what do I owe the sudden change of heart?" I joked. "What does it mean to you?" Well that would have been fine if I was not thinking about how this was going to play out. "Elena, you don't have to make decisions because everybody wants you to do it. I know that you hate everything that I represent." I chided her. Her cool stars intensified. "You wanted us to get married. What is the problem?" None. I would have not felt terrible if she didn't act like I was sending her to the gallows. "You don't want to get married to me. I found a replacement." If I was expecting any form of reaction I was disappointed to say the least. She only shook her head as a form of acknowledgment. "I'm sure you

Marcus's POV. Two Days Later. The most common part of sending numerous people on errands was the fact that they would never know how important this was to you. For them this was probably one of the opportunities for them to display retribution. Color Me shocked when Elena walked into my office not too much longer staring at me with a smile on her face. I would have been worried if I didn't know that she had absolutely no idea of what I was capable of doing. Elena wore the most breathtaking dress that I had ever been privileged to see. An emerald dress sat on her curves like they belonged there. I couldn't help but be jealous of how sleek they clung to her curves. There was nothing suggestive about her dressing but I could feel myself getting hard in my pants. Dammit!"Are we no longer heading out?" Elena's voice was poignant, filled with an air of pride, which I couldn't even blame her for. Those bastards were going to love staring at the swell of her breasts. "Too revealing.

Marcus. I had never felt the inkling to kill anyone in my life like I did in that moment. It seemed as though something at snapped inside of me as I saw Thomas put his hand on Elena. How dare he even think that it was acceptable for him to try to make her his? Had he even thought about this through? Elena's hands kept stroking my gently but I couldn't find it in my heart to forgive Thomas. I knew that I needed to get my pound of flesh one way or the other and the best way to do that was to pretend as though I had forgotten about what he had done. My major reason for whatever would be to get back at him and by the time I was done he would not recognize himself anymore. "Everyone is looking at you." She whispered into my ears loving me playing the role of a wife. I had never for once doubted the fact that she could carry the entire budget on her shoulders but right now I felt like strangling this man. He had done a whole lot more damage than he ever thought, "I can see

Marcus. I was amazed at the length that many people would go just to course chaos and make it seem like they had everything figure out when they were only hanging on one thread. Elena's face contorted into anger which was not misplaced by the way. She had a child waiting for her at home and in from two movements was not good. My ire was the fact that the entire conversation could be summarized into one simple thing but they decided to elongate it for reasons I would not understand. "I have to go home tonight." Elena spoke as soon as we were alone. I would have to be deliberately obtuse to pretend as if I did not know that she was speaking the truth or that she needed the break. "You can go home then." I permitted. It seemed as though she was going to say something but held it back because she didn't want to offend me and I also understood to a certain level. We had gone past the stage of beating around the bush when discussing matters of importance. "I think that there s