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 a

dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re going to crash!”

wordless, gripped the steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the

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

tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less

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

looked on coldly, “Drama

car sick!”

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

he’d connect the dots

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

and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat

said it!” Letitia looked at him. “No

her health. But soon he found

Elgin warned.

I

with me to and from work.” Elgin

was

was liberating without having to

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

many at the company know

no way Elgin would go public with

unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life,

living room, the butler presented a

sip, his expression still

ignored him digging through her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler,

you, Mrs.

turned even darker.

She’s got nerve!

throw away that scented candle I

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

if you want a new

teacup down and stormed upstairs

Ramirez seems in a bad mood.”

every day, like he’s

Mr.

“He