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.

of her parents. And certainly not now; she’s got a baby to think

dare open her

zipping past cars, turning the

inertia until they reached

skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping

she jumped out of the car and started retching by

on coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car

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

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to morning sickness.

Hospital food was trash, so my

and was equally annoyed, “Then

looked at

frequent vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he

warned. “If I catch you

I enjoy it?

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

aback, that was even worse

walking was liberating without having

it. If you

at the company know we’re

there was no

about the unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to

living room, the butler presented a cup

took a sip, his

ignored him digging through her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It

you, Mrs.

turned even darker.

little something? She’s

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

tie. “How would I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and

you want a

Elgin slammed the teacup

butler ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in a

not? Grumpy every day, like he’s

upset Mr. Ramirez

speechless, “He started