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.

And certainly not now; she’s got

open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re going to crash!”

cars, turning the

reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally

skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against

sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped out of the car

looked on coldly, “Drama

get car sick!”

up more than once. He squinted, “What’s

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to

to it. Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s weak now i cant handle anything

remembered Phedra’s soup and was equally

said it!” Letitia looked at him.

there was already something wrong with the soup, and her frequent 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 soup!

warned. “If I catch you again…”

I enjoy

ride with me to and from work.”

aback, that was even worse than walking

was liberating without having to

If you get spotted, I would be

at the company

hitched, and there was no way Elgin

to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set

room, the butler presented a cup

took a sip, his expression

and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just

Mrs.

turned even

little something? She’s got

candle I

I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and

if you want a new

the teacup down and stormed upstairs

“Madam, Mr. Ramirez

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

Mr. Ramirez

speechless, “He