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 got

even dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re

zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a race

around by inertia until they reached

screeching against the pavement, stopping less than

she jumped out of the

looked on coldly,

car sick!”

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

inside, fearing he’d connect the dots

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

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

said it!” Letitia looked at

concerned for her health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him to punish,

no more trash picking!” Elgin warned.

think I enjoy it?

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

was taken aback, that was even worse

walking was liberating without having

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

the company

there was no

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

the living room, the butler

sip, his expression

a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It helps with

you, Mrs.

turned even darker.

little something? She’s got

didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave

thought it was thrown away by

if you want a new one.

teacup down and stormed upstairs to his

Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad

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

Mr. Ramirez

speechless, “He started