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; she’s got a baby

down… Ah! Letitia didn’t even dare open her

zipping past cars,

reached Ivory Towers,

toward the steps, tires screeching against the pavement, stopping

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

coldly, “Drama

get car

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

he’d connect the dots to

to it. Hospital food was trash, so my stomach’s weak now i

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

Elgin warned. “If I catch you

I

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

that was even

having to play by his

Elgin took her silence as consent. “Don’t overthink it. If

many at the company know we’re

hitched, and there was no way Elgin would

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

in the living room, the butler presented

a sip, his

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

Mrs.

turned even darker.

She’s

candle I

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

want a new one.

want it!” Elgin slammed the teacup down and stormed upstairs to his

Mr. Ramirez seems in a bad

day, like he’s

Mr.

“He started it.