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

dare open her

zipping past cars, turning the

until they reached Ivory Towers, where Elgin finally hit

tires screeching against the pavement, stopping less

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

looked on coldly, “Drama

car

up more than once.

he’d connect

It’s the greasy soup, I’m not used to it. Hospital

and was equally annoyed, “Then

said it!” Letitia looked

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 to punish, how could she be taken down by a

Elgin warned. “If I catch you

I

bus fare? Starting tomorrow, you ride with me to and from work.”

was taken aback, that was even worse than walking

walking was liberating without having

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

at the company know we’re married.”

and there was no way Elgin

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

room, the butler presented a cup of tea.

a sip, his expression still

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

you, Mrs. Ramirez.

face turned

She’s got

the way, didn’t you throw away that scented candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired.

tie. “How would I know? Must’ve been the cleaners, thought it was thrown away by mistake and put it

if you want

teacup down and stormed upstairs to his study.

ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems in

not? Grumpy every day, like he’s going through menopause. Just ignore

upset Mr. Ramirez

speechless, “He started