Taming The CEO The Escaping Wife

Chapter 23

Letitia’s eyes were rimmed with red.

“Are you really that strapped for cash? Elgin stared at her, “So desperate that you’re picking up trash and tossing your pride to the wind?”

“Yes! I need money! What’s pride? What’s dignity? The moment you chucked me into the loony bin, I lost all that! Just being alive costs me way more effort than the average Joe!

You’re Mr. Ramirez, high and mighty, worth billions. Of course, you’d never stoop to this level. But me? I’m nothing. You snap your fingers, and I’m supposed to commute on foot to work. Is it such a crime to scrape together enough for bus fare? I knew you’d find out sooner or later, but I’m more scared of being broke than I am of your temper!”

Letitia quickly cleaned her tears and squatted down to pick up the scattered items again.

“Stop picking those up!”

Continuing, she didn’t listen to his words.

“Letitia, I said stop picking those up!” Elgin scooped her up in one motion.

“Let go of me!”

Elgin kicked the bottles out of the way and dumped Letitia into the car.

Ranen’s face was a picture of panic, “Mr. Ramirez…

“Get lost!”

“Yes, sir.

“Pick up those damn bottles!”

H

Ranen, “… Yes, Mr. Ramirez.

When the boss fights, the assistant suffers.

Not only got kicked out of the car in the dead of night but also sent to collect trash.

Elgin sat in the driver’s seat and floored the accelerator.

Letitia’s head nearly smashed into the windshield.

She hurried to buckle up; at this speed, she wouldn’t put it past her life being on the line.

She can’t die.

before because of her parents. And certainly not now; she’s

open

steering wheel, zipping past cars,

they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit

tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than

jumped out of the car and started retching

coldly, “Drama

car sick!”

seem to have thrown up more than once. He

he’d connect the dots to morning

greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s weak now i cant handle anything

Phedra’s soup and was equally annoyed,

said it!” Letitia looked at him. “No

vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him to punish, how could she be taken down by a bowl of

trash picking!” Elgin warned. “If

think I

Starting tomorrow, you ride with

was taken aback, that was even

walking was liberating without having to

consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you get spotted, I would be the

company know we’re

secretly hitched, and there was no way Elgin would

Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set for life. What

room, the butler presented a cup of tea.

his expression still sour

digging through her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned

something? She’s

away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired.

Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away

you want a new

Elgin slammed the teacup

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad

not? Grumpy every day, like he’s going through menopause. Just ignore

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

was speechless, “He started it.