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.

not now; she’s got a baby to think of!

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

gripped the steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a race

thrown around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where

tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five centimeters away.

jumped out

coldly,

car sick!”

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

inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to

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

equally annoyed,

it!” Letitia looked at him. “No

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

more trash picking!” Elgin warned. “If I

think I enjoy

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

aback, that was even worse than

walking was liberating without having

overthink it. If you get spotted, I would be the

company know

was no

knockout bound to be living the high

room, the butler presented

his

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

Mrs.

face turned even darker.

little something? She’s

away that scented candle I gave

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

if you want a new

teacup down and stormed

“Madam, Mr. Ramirez

day, like he’s going through menopause. Just

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

was speechless, “He