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.

certainly not now; she’s got a baby to

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

gripped the steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the

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

screeching against the

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

coldly, “Drama

get car sick!”

to have thrown up more than once. He squinted,

fearing he’d connect the

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

and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat

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

trash picking!” Elgin warned.

I enjoy

with me to

that was even worse than walking

least walking was liberating without having to play by his rules.

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

company know

were secretly hitched, and there was no way

knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set for life.

butler

his

him digging through her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just a little something.”

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned

something? She’s

the way, didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave

the cleaners, thought it

want a

teacup down and stormed upstairs to

butler ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad

every day, like

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

“He