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

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

the steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the

reached Ivory Towers,

tires screeching against the pavement, stopping

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

coldly,

car sick!”

more than once.

he’d connect the dots to morning sickness.

to it. Hospital food was trash, so

was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat

said it!” Letitia looked at

for her health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him to punish, how could she be taken down by

more trash picking!” Elgin warned. “If I catch you

think I enjoy

it just for bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with me

that was even worse than walking

liberating without having to play by

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

the company

and there was no way Elgin would go public with

the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set

living room, the butler presented a cup of

his

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

turned

little something? She’s

that scented candle I gave

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

if you want a new one.

Elgin slammed the teacup down

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

he ever not? Grumpy every day, like he’s going

Mr.

speechless, “He started