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.

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

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

wordless, gripped the steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan

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

against the

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

on coldly,

get car

have thrown up more than once. He

connect

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

and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat

said it!” Letitia looked at him.

her frequent vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he found an excuse

picking!” Elgin warned. “If I catch you again…”

think I enjoy it?

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

aback, that was even worse than walking

having to play

it. If

many at the company know we’re

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

about the unseen Mrs. Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set for life. What

room, the butler presented a

a sip, his

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned even

something? She’s got nerve!

you throw away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired. “Why did Samson say…”

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.

Ramirez seems in a bad mood.”

Grumpy every day, like he’s going

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

“He started it.