Taming The CEO The Escaping Wife

Chapter 87

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on her part

“Yeah, the child I’m carrying doesn’t hold a candle to Shela’s precious one,” Letitia responded, “She’s lucky, caught your eye in a heartbeat, living the life of luxury. How could I ever compare?*

Elgin replied nonchalantly. “If you were carrying my child, you’d be living even better than her.”

But how could that ever happen? He hasn’t laid a finger on her, and doesn’t plan to anytime soon

As Elgin walked towards the walk-in closet, he heard Letitia’s whisper-soft voice, murmuring like a mosquito, “What if there was no bad blood between us, would you fall for me?

He abruptly stopped in his tracks, “Say that again.

Letitia was startled, he actually heard her? Has his hearing always been this sharp?

“It’s nothing.” she denied, “I didn’t say anything”

Theard you

Letitia bit her lip. Then why ask?

After a few seconds of silence, Elgin said, Without the deep-seated hatred, we wouldn’t even know each other.

Like two parallel lines, destined never to intersect, each living out their own lives just fine.

Letitia replied. That’s not what I was asking.”

It was about love. Whether he could love her.

Elgin let out a sarcastic laugh, Letitia, can’t you feel it? Why even ask?

But he would never admit it, not even a sliver! He’s too proud, and she’s too stubborn.

Elgin entered the walk-in closet and slammed the door shut with a bang.

Letitia ruffled her hair, wondering if she had knelt for too long causing poor circulation and making her brain slow, to even ask

such a question.

Love? There’s no love between them. It’s all hatred.

He hates her, and she hates him even more. They had been torturing each other without mercy.

nursing the redness on her knees,

up, it was already light

the big bed, alone, with no sign

Did she sleepwalk onto the bed again? When did she start doing this? Maybe she should check it out at

when Elgin might just

at the office, Letitia was heading to her workstation when Odetta came up to

what happened to your leg?” Odetta asked in a mocking

sorry to disappoint

like you. Sooner or later, someone will grab you by the hair and teach you a lesson!

men, then as you saw yesterday, I didn’t do

can I do?”

You’re proud

aimed to rile her up. “Unlike you, hanging all

better not fall into

hurting me in the slightest retorted Letitia.

up here in the

Odra thought she was Elgin’s

like Mr. Ramirez. Just Vidonia alone could

distorting her face, and she deliberately bumped into Letitia’s

Letitia snorted.

dominated by Elgin, Letitia never lost a battle of

greeted her with a bag in hand

“Morning.”

Hey? Why are

sighed. “Long story.”

did you trip?”

answered

never the same twice. He could be called

Vidonia exclaimed. No way, that’s domestic violence!

just… never

a big deal, just a bit numb from kneeling too long, a little blood circulation

one for getting even. After such

not an

let this slide, Vidonia pulled Letitia along. We’ve

stop kidding, that’s Elgin.. Elgin!”

easy? Is it that simple?

know.” Vidonia snapped her fingers, ‘But there are plenty of ways to

always been full of mischief. Letitia looked at her curiously

motioned with her finger, Listen to me