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; she’s got a

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

cars, turning the

around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally

against the pavement, stopping

Her legs trembling, she jumped out of the car and started retching

on coldly, “Drama

get car

to have thrown up more than once. He squinted, “What’s up with that?”

fearing he’d connect the dots to

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

equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat them anymore!”

looked at him. “No take-backs.”

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

trash picking!” Elgin warned. “If I catch

think I enjoy

just for bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with me

taken aback, that was even

having to play by his rules.

If you get spotted, I would

at the company know

no way Elgin would go public with her.

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

living room, the butler presented a cup

took a sip, his

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned

something? She’s

away that scented candle I gave you?”

tugged at his tie. “How would I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put

if you want a

slammed the teacup down and

Ramirez

he ever not? Grumpy every day, like he’s going

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

was speechless, “He