Taming The CEO The Escaping Wife

Chapter 17

Seeing his dead serious answer, Letitia was a bit skeptical. “For real?”

Elgin shot back, “Would I lie?”

Fair point. Why would he lie to her of all people?

Letitia got up, freaking out a little. She’d sleepwalked all the way to Elgin’s bed it was a miracle he hadn’t tossed her

out!

But he hadn’t noticed a thing, had he?

“What are you dawdling for? Get out Elgin barked, snapping her out of her thoughts.

She gave a hasty nod and managed to stagger a few steps, but her head was swirling and dizziness washed over her. Her throat was parched and raw as well. She must have caught a cold, probably from getting drenched last night.

But Letitia couldn’t dwell on that she had to swing by the jail first. She needed to ask Elgin for a day off, or else if he couldn’t find her, she’d be in for a storm of temper

The problem was what excuse could she use? As Letitia was squeezing her brain for ideas, Elgin said, “Go see a doctor, don’t you dare get me sick!”

“Okay!” she replied cheerfully

For the first time, Letitia felt this cold couldn’t have come at a better time

After leaving Ivory Towers, she made a beeline for the jail

Preston was a lot more lucid now, but with serious injuries, he was bedridden and needed daily dressing changes.

“Letitia, it’s me that’s dragging you down… Preston said. “If we cut ties, would Elgin let you off the hook?”

“Dad, you’ll always be my dad.”

“I thought about suicide, figuring maybe Elgin would chill out. But then I thought of you and your mom. If I go, he’d just take it out on you two even more.”

Letitia just smiled, ‘I’m okay, don’t worry

She couldn’t stay long, dropped ten grand for medical expenses, and stuffed another ten grand into a envelope.

“Sorry for the trouble, she said ‘Please take good care of my dad from now on.”

It’s crazy these people just stood by and let Shela do her thing, heartless. Yet, she had to suck up to them. One day, she’d rise above all this One day!

After the jail visit, Letitia finally headed to the hospital.

“Letitia Sanders?”

“Yes.”

mechanically. “What’s

a cold. Coughing, my throat feels like a desert and it’s also sore, and

you have any fever?”

her

he casually asked,

thought for a moment, “Well.. got sick once after eating soup.

“Got a boyfriend?”

whispered, Tm

on her, except for

doctor handed her a bunch of forms and said, “Go on.”

through them and saw blood tests

asked. “I just have a cold, why do

doctor,

don’t have the money.”

Ramirez has

get

had to wait

call came through. “What’s taking so long,

time at the jail and hurriedly replied, “I’m

“Make it quick!

so she

the night before

bent down to pick it

pair of shiny leather shoes appeared

”

through these years…” Walden was brimming with sympathy, “I could have been

said expressionlessly, “Mr.

been touched by such sweet words. But now, when twenty grand could crush her, what right did she

past, those two pages of information… It took me ages to muster the courage to

the past. I don’t need your

I can still make

Letitia challenged. “Can you stand up to Elgin? You can’t even defy your

that, Walden stepped forward impulsively, and Letitia immediately retreated, “Don’t touch me!” She sure didn’t want to end up pinned in the bathroom by

but I’ll try, Walden insisted. “Letitia, do you believe me?”

believed Walden –

isn’t a

was a bowl of soup on the table.