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

even dare open her eyes, “Elgin,

past cars, turning the sedan into a

around by inertia until they reached Ivory

steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping

cold sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped out

on coldly,

car sick!”

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

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to

Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s

Phedra’s soup and was equally annoyed,

looked at

wrong with the soup, and her frequent vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he found an

Elgin warned.

think I enjoy

Starting tomorrow, you ride with me to and

aback, that was even worse than walking

was liberating without having to play by his rules.

overthink it. If you get

many at the company know we’re

secretly hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go public with

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

butler presented a cup of

a sip, his expression

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

turned even

little something? She’s got

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

tugged at his tie. “How would I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought

want a

slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs

“Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in

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

upset Mr.

was speechless, “He