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

Ah! Letitia didn’t even dare open her

zipping past cars,

around by inertia until they reached Ivory Towers,

car skidded toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping

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

looked on coldly, “Drama queen.”

get car sick!”

to have thrown up more than once. He squinted, “What’s up with that?”

connect

used to it. Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s weak now i cant handle anything too

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

Letitia looked at him.

But soon he found an excuse for himself, Letitia was for him to punish, how could she be taken down by a

Elgin warned. “If I catch you again…”

I

just for bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with me to

aback, that was

without having

it. If you get spotted, I would be the embarrassing one!”

company

hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go

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

in the living room, the butler presented

took a sip, his expression

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

Mrs.

face turned

something? She’s got nerve!

didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave

Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put it back on my desk!”

want a new one.

the teacup down and stormed upstairs to

butler ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez

like he’s going through menopause.

Mr. Ramirez

was speechless, “He