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.

not now;

even dare open her eyes, “Elgin, we’re

steering wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a race car.

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

against the pavement, stopping

was drenched in a cold sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped

looked on coldly,

car

up more than once. He

connect the dots to morning

out 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 too rich!”

was equally annoyed, “Then don’t

Letitia looked

with the soup, and her frequent vomiting had him concerned for her health. But soon he found an

Elgin warned. “If I catch

I enjoy it?

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

was even

walking was liberating without having to play by his

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

the company know we’re

hitched, and there was no way Elgin

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

butler presented a

his expression still

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

you, Mrs.

turned even

something? She’s got nerve!

you throw away that scented candle I gave you?”

cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake

if you want

want it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down

cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

not? Grumpy every day, like he’s going

Mr. Ramirez

“He started