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.

And certainly not now; she’s

dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re going to crash!”

wheel, zipping past cars,

inertia until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit the brakes.

screeching against the pavement, stopping less

trembling, she jumped out of the car and started retching by

on coldly, “Drama queen.”

car sick!”

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

inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to

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

remembered Phedra’s soup and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t

looked at him. “No take-backs.”

was worried… there was already something wrong with the soup, and her frequent vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia

picking!” Elgin warned.

think I

tomorrow, you ride with

aback, that was even worse than walking

walking was liberating without having to play by his

took her silence as consent. “Don’t overthink it. If you

company

secretly hitched, and there was no way Elgin would

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

living room, the butler presented a cup of

took a sip, his expression

she handed to the butler, “It helps

Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned even

something? She’s

way, didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia

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

you want a

teacup down and stormed upstairs

Mr. Ramirez seems

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

upset Mr. Ramirez

“He started