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.

because of her parents. And certainly not now; she’s got a baby to

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

zipping past cars, turning the

was thrown around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally

the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five

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

on coldly,

get car

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

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the dots

it. Hospital food was

Phedra’s soup and was equally

it!” Letitia looked at him. “No take-backs.”

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

Elgin warned. “If I catch you again…”

I enjoy it?

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

was even worse than walking

liberating without having to play by his

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

company know we’re

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

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

butler presented a cup of

his

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

you, Mrs.

turned even darker.

little something? She’s got

away that scented candle I gave

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

you want a

Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to his study.

ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in a

not? Grumpy every day, like he’s going

Mr.

“He started it.