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.

certainly not now; she’s got

didn’t even dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re

past cars, turning the sedan

around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where

steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five centimeters

in a cold sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped out of the car and started

on coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car

seem to have thrown up more than once. He squinted, “What’s

he’d connect the dots to

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

was equally annoyed,

looked at him. “No take-backs.”

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

warned. “If

I enjoy it?

you ride with me to and from work.”

taken aback, that was even worse

having to play

Elgin took her silence as consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you get

the company know

there was no way Elgin

about the unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be

room, the butler presented

his

candle, which she

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned even darker.

something? She’s

the way, didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired. “Why did

Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was

you want

it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

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

Mr. Ramirez

was speechless, “He started