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 a baby

didn’t even dare open her

steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a race

by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally

skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five centimeters away.

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

coldly,

get car

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

he’d connect

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

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

looked at him. “No

But soon he found

warned. “If I catch you

think I

with me to and from work.” Elgin declared, “Happy

was even

least walking was liberating without having to play

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

company know

and there was no way Elgin would

everyone was speculating about the unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set for

butler presented a cup of tea.

sip, his expression still

him digging through her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just a little

Mrs.

turned even

little something? She’s got

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

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

want a new

Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to his study.

Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad

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

upset Mr.

was speechless, “He started