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.

parents. And certainly not

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

wordless, gripped the steering wheel, zipping past cars,

around by inertia until they reached

screeching against the pavement, stopping less than five centimeters away.

jumped out of the car

looked on coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car

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

he’d connect the dots to

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

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

it!” Letitia looked at

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 be taken down by a bowl of soup!

warned. “If I catch

I enjoy

Starting tomorrow, you ride with me to and from work.” Elgin

aback, that was

having to play by

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

many at the company

there was no way Elgin

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

living room, the butler presented a cup of

a sip, his expression still sour

she handed to the butler, “It helps with sleep Just a little

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

turned even darker.

little something? She’s got nerve!

away that scented candle I

I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it

if you want a

the teacup down and stormed upstairs to

Ramirez seems in a bad

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

upset Mr. Ramirez again.”

speechless, “He started it.