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 to

open her eyes,

past cars, turning the sedan into

until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit the

tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five

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

coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car

thrown up more than once. He

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greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s weak now i

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

it!” Letitia looked at him. “No

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

warned. “If

I enjoy

bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with me to and from work.” Elgin declared,

aback, that was

liberating without having to play by his rules.

If you get spotted, I would be

many at the company know we’re

hitched, and there was no way Elgin

Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the

room, the butler presented a cup of

his expression still sour

digging through her bag and finding a scented candle, which she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just a little

you, Mrs.

face turned

She’s got nerve!

away that scented candle

know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and

you want a

Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to his

ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad mood.”

Grumpy every day, like he’s going through menopause. Just

Mr.

was speechless, “He