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.

before because of her parents. And certainly not now; she’s

didn’t even dare open

gripped the steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a race

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

car skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five centimeters

she jumped out of the car and

looked on coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car sick!”

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

connect the

Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s

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

said it!” Letitia looked at him.

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

picking!” Elgin warned. “If I

I enjoy

ride with me to

was even worse than

having

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

many at the company know

secretly 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. What

butler presented a cup

a sip, his expression still

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

you, Mrs.

turned even darker.

She’s got nerve!

scented candle I gave you?”

the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put

want a new one.

want it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez

every day, like he’s going through

Mr.

was speechless, “He started it.