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.

parents. And certainly not now; she’s got

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

past cars,

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

screeching against

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

on coldly, “Drama queen.”

car

seem to have thrown up more than

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the

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

soup and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat

it!” Letitia looked at him. “No

health. But soon he found an excuse for himself,

warned. “If I catch

think I

ride with me

was even worse than walking

walking was liberating without having to

as consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you get spotted, I

at the company know

was no way Elgin would

speculating about the unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set for life. What luck!

in the living room, the butler presented a cup

a sip, his

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

you, Mrs.

turned even

She’s got

the way, didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia

Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and

you want a new

want it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down and

Ramirez seems in a bad

he ever not? Grumpy every day, like

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

“He started it.