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.

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

didn’t even dare open

wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan

by inertia until they reached

toward the steps, tires screeching against the

jumped out of the car and

coldly,

car

thrown up more than once. He

he’d connect the dots to morning sickness.

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

equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat them

looked

health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him to punish, how could she be taken down by a bowl of soup!

Elgin warned.

think I enjoy

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

taken aback, that was

walking was liberating without having to play

consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you get

many at the company

secretly hitched, and there was no

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

the living room, the butler presented a cup

his expression still

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

Mrs.

face turned even

She’s got

candle I gave you?” Letitia

cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put it back on my desk!”

want a new

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

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

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

Mr. Ramirez

was speechless, “He