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;

Letitia didn’t even dare open

cars, turning the sedan into

was thrown around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit the brakes.

toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping

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

coldly, “Drama queen.”

car

have thrown up more than once. He squinted, “What’s up with that?”

he’d connect the

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

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

said it!” Letitia looked at him. “No take-backs.”

vomiting had him concerned for her 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!

more trash picking!” Elgin warned.

think I

Starting tomorrow, you ride with me

was taken aback, that was even worse than

having to play by his rules.

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

the company

hitched, and there was no way

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

butler presented a cup of

his expression still

her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It helps with

you, Mrs.

face turned even darker.

She’s

away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired.

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

you want a new

slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs

butler ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

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

upset Mr. Ramirez

speechless, “He started