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

Ah! Letitia didn’t even dare open

zipping past cars, turning the sedan into a

around by inertia until they reached Ivory

against the pavement,

was drenched in a cold sweat. Her legs trembling, she jumped out of the car and started retching by the

coldly, “Drama queen.”

car

more than

panicked inside, fearing he’d connect the dots to morning

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

and was equally annoyed, “Then don’t eat them anymore!”

said 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

warned. “If I catch you again…”

think I enjoy

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

was taken aback, that was even worse than walking

was liberating without having

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

the company know

secretly hitched, and there was no way Elgin would go

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

the living room, the butler presented

a sip, his expression still

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

you, Mrs.

turned even

something? She’s

candle I gave you?” Letitia inquired.

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

you want a new one.

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

butler ventured cautiously. “Madam, Mr. Ramirez seems

day, like he’s going through

Mr. Ramirez

“He started