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.

certainly not now; she’s got a baby

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

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

reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit the

against the pavement,

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

looked on coldly,

get car

thrown up more than once. He squinted,

he’d connect the dots to morning

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

soup and was equally

it!” Letitia looked

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 punish, how could she be taken down by a bowl

warned. “If

I enjoy

you ride with me to

was even worse

walking was liberating without having to play

Elgin took her silence as consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you get spotted, I would be the

many at the company know

no way

bound to be living the

the butler presented a cup

his

which she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just

Mrs. Ramirez.

turned even darker.

something? She’s

that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired. “Why did Samson

Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put it back on my desk!”

if you want a

slammed the teacup down

ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

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

Mr. Ramirez again.”

speechless, “He started