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

even dare open

cars, turning the

inertia until they reached Ivory

skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less

drenched in a cold sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped out of the

looked on coldly, “Drama

get car

than once. He

connect the dots to morning

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 anything

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

said it!” Letitia looked at him. “No

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

think I enjoy

fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with me

that was even

was liberating without having to

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

company

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

speculating about the unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be

living room, the butler presented a cup of

sip, his

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

Mrs. Ramirez.

turned even

She’s

scented candle I

thought it was thrown away by mistake and put it back

want a

don’t want it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down and

Ramirez seems in a

ever not? Grumpy every day, like

upset Mr.

“He started

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