Taming The CEO The Escaping Wife

Chapter 49

Unable to contain her emotions, tears streamed down Letitia’s face.

When she was at the end of her rope, a miracle happened.

“Thank you, thank you. Letitia kept saying, “This money means so much to me.

With these forty grand, plus her ten grand salary, her mom could get her pill this month!

Walden asked, “What do you need the money for?”

“My mom woke up,” Letitia said. “She needs her special medicine.”

Walden was just as thrilled, “Really? That’s fantastic! Letitia, can I go visit her?”

She needed Elgin’s approval just to see her own mom. Let alone Walden. But she’d lied to her mom, saying she and Walden were together, so she had to drag him along to show face.

“Not just yet, Letitia replied. “When there’s a chance, I’ll let you know.”

“Alright.” Walden nodded. “Letitia, you’ve got your mom back.”

That comment had Letitia bawling. Her life’s been so damn tough, but the stars aligned just a little, bringing her mom

back to her

Yeah, I’ve got my mom now, Letitia whispered. “I’m not alone.”

Money in hand, Letitia dashed to the hospital, to pay up and get the meds.

She implored the doc, Please, give it to her ASAP. I’ll find a way to cover next month’s meds, I promise.”

“Sure thing.

Η

Letitia’s heart could finally rest.

By the time she finished up and got back to Ivory Towers, it was already night. She walked into the living room, the servants silently bustling, not daring to make a peep.

butler said. “Mr. Ramirez is waiting

to the master bedroom.

the point where she could hear her own heartbeat.

door and caught Elgin’s gaze, sharp as a knife, fixed on her.

“You’re back?

hard, inching closer, and when she saw the neat stack

money, so what

just dropped at the hospital was now in Elgin’s hands.

you do instead of getting the abortion?” Elgin’s smile deepened “Tell me, where’d you get

to be, the deeper his

for Elgin’s rage instead of this

“..I borrowed it.”

to you, huh?” Elgin

blurting

had to throw him under the bus Because he was Elgin’s friend, nothing

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sure? Elgin leaned in,

into Elgin’s eyes, Letitia realized, he already knew the

wad of cash

bank account, Letitia, It was Walden

cash fluttered, smacking her face, then drifting

sight for a few minutes and you’re hitting up an old flame for help, you really

to explain, “I didn’t go to Walden, I just bumped

Quite the coincidence! Letitia, you always have excuses!”

the coffee table over, stood up with veins bulging on his

to the hospital, Elgin,

without my say-so. The doctors won’t dispense

scraped together the money, thinking it’d ease her mom’s suffering, only

his influence too vast.

fine, but why do this…” Letitia looked at him, “Can’t you have

notion of mercy. Just once, to give her a break, to spare her

He was only ever more ruthless, never less.

Letitia, did marrying me make you forget your place?”

incredibly hard for Letitia. “But Elgin, whatever cruel treatment you’ve subjected me to, I’ve endured it, never complaining. My mother is innocent, though, she’s finally woken up, and I just want her to receive her treatment, recover slowly, and live a few more years with me. I just want to be someone who has a mom too.” Tears streamed