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 a baby to think of!

down… Ah! Letitia didn’t even dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re going to crash!”

wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a race car.

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

screeching against the pavement, stopping less than

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

on coldly, “Drama

get car sick!”

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

fearing he’d connect the dots

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

remembered Phedra’s soup and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat them

Letitia looked at him. “No take-backs.”

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

think I

you ride with me to and from work.” Elgin declared, “Happy now?”

taken aback, that was even worse than

was liberating without having to play by his

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

at the company know

was no way Elgin would go public with

bound to be living the

the living room, the butler presented

sip, his

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned even darker.

something? She’s got

throw away that scented candle I gave

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

you want a new

teacup down and stormed

Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad mood.”

like

upset Mr.

speechless, “He started it.