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.

not now; she’s got

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

cars, turning the sedan into a race car.

until they reached Ivory Towers,

car skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against the

jumped out of the car

looked on coldly, “Drama queen.”

car sick!”

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

connect the dots to

blurted out quickly. It’s the greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s

Phedra’s soup and was equally annoyed,

said it!” Letitia looked at him. “No take-backs.”

concerned for her health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him

Elgin warned. “If I catch

think I

bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with

aback, that was even

least walking was liberating without having to play by his

If you get spotted, I would be the

company

hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go

be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez

butler presented a cup

took a sip, his

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

turned

little something? She’s got

scented candle I gave you?” Letitia

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

you want a new one.

don’t want it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs

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

ever not? Grumpy every day, like he’s

Mr.

speechless, “He started it.