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;

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

steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the

reached

steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less

trembling, she jumped out of the car and started retching by the

coldly,

car sick!”

to have thrown up more than once. He squinted,

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect

used to it. Hospital

remembered Phedra’s soup and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t

it!” Letitia looked at him.

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

Elgin warned. “If I catch you again…”

think I enjoy

just for bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with

was even worse

was liberating without having to play by his rules.

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

company

and there was no way

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

butler presented a cup of tea.

took a sip, his

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

you, Mrs.

face turned even darker.

She’s

that scented candle I gave you?”

would I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought

you want a new

slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to his study.

Ramirez seems in a bad

not? Grumpy every day, like he’s

Mr.

was speechless, “He started