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

even dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re

past cars,

around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit the

steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than

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

coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car sick!”

have thrown up more than once. He

he’d connect the

the greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital food was

and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat them anymore!”

Letitia looked

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

trash picking!” Elgin warned. “If I catch

I enjoy it?

Starting tomorrow, you ride with

was taken aback, that was even worse than walking

was liberating without having to play by

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

many at the company know we’re

were secretly hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go public with

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

living room, the butler presented a cup of

his expression still

she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just

Mrs.

face turned

something? She’s

the way, didn’t you throw away that scented candle

been the cleaners, thought it was

if you want a new one.

slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to

“Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in a

every day, like he’s going through menopause. Just ignore

Mr. Ramirez again.”

speechless, “He started