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 got a baby to think of!

open

wheel, zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a

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

steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less than

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

coldly, “Drama

get car

thrown up more than once. He

fearing he’d connect the dots to

It’s the greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital food was trash, so

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

looked at

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 was for him

Elgin warned. “If I

think I enjoy it?

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

aback, that was even worse than

without having to play by his rules.

overthink it. If you get spotted, I would be the

company know we’re

were secretly hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go

Ramirez, the knockout bound to be living the high life, hitched to the Ramirez family, set for life. What luck!

in the living room, the butler presented a cup of

his expression still

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

you, Mrs.

turned

little something? She’s got

you throw away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired. “Why did Samson

been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put it back on

want

slammed the teacup

butler ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

every day, like he’s

Mr. Ramirez

speechless, “He started