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.

parents. And certainly not now;

Letitia didn’t even dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re going

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

inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally

against the pavement, stopping less than five centimeters away.

in a cold sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped out of the car and started retching by the

on coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car sick!”

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

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to morning sickness.

the greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital food was trash,

soup and was equally annoyed, “Then

it!” Letitia looked at him.

and her frequent vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him to punish, how could she be taken down by a

warned. “If

I enjoy it?

you ride with me to and from work.” Elgin declared,

aback, that was even

least walking was liberating without having to play by his rules.

her silence as consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you get spotted, I would be the embarrassing one!”

company know

hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go public with

knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family,

room, the butler presented a cup

his expression still

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned

little something? She’s got nerve!

away that scented candle

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

you want a

teacup down and

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in

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

Mr. Ramirez again.”

speechless, “He