Taming The CEO The Escaping Wife

Chapter 129

“Letitia, you’ve gotta have a thing for the kid’s dad, right?” he said, “That’s why you’re making such a big deal out of this! You wanna have babies for him, stay in touch, and you’re itching for the day you two can shack up together, aren’t you?”

“Yes!”

“Say it again!”

“Yes, yes!” Letitia went all in. Screw it, she thought. If he’s not gonna believe the truth, might as well play his game and tick him off!

“The kid’s dad said he’d marry me, and I’m waiting for him!” Letitia blurted out. “He’s sweet to me, cares about me, he promised me a future! Compared to you, he’s a thousand, no, a million times better!”

Elgin’s temples bulged with veins, “You’re just trying to tick me off, Letitia!”

She scoffed and curled her lip. “Can’t handle a bit of talk, huh

And what about her? She lost her child.

Letitia’s hands trembled non-stop as she slowly covered her now flat belly.

it was fiat as before, but she knew the child was there, alive and well with her.

But now…the baby was gone, nothing left

The child was her reason to keep on living, and Elgin snuffed it out with his own hands

Now, the only thing Letitia had left to care about was her aging parents

But her parents will get old and one day they’ll leave her too.

Then she’ll be all alone, no strings attached, no one to hold anything over her.

Elgin stood by the bedside, looking down at her. “Letitia, you sure you wanna go head-to-head with me?”

She ignored him, her palms gently stroking her belly, pretending the child was still there.

“You have two choices, Elgin said. “You better play smart and pick the easy path.”

“What choices?”

real husband and wife. Or two, hate me, defy me, and your life will only

would know which road to take when

those words meant wealth and honor, all the perks that came with being Mrs Ramirez. But Letitia

it

forget everything, and live meekly and without dignity

off someone else, that wasn’t the life she wanted’

looked him in the eye. “I won’t walk the easy path you’ve laid out for me, I’ll take

biting the hand that feeds

you!” she retorted, her head held high. “I’ve given ground over and over, only asking to give birth to the child, just wanting him to live, even if I never see him… but

this way, we

him off. “Elgin, I am me,

was a strong rejection.

been rejected like this! His hands by his side

struggled to sit up from the hospital bed, the blanket sliding off to reveal her patient gown, making her look even

I wanted this, Letitia said. “Elgin, it’s always about you, your feelings, making everyone do as

I won’t listen to you. We are enemies,

of losing her child, the heartache of her parents suffering, her

emotions entangled Letitia pushing her to a complete breakdown, to lose control.

throwing anything she could get her hands

on the bedside table was swept to the floor.

shattered into pieces.

outside who thought something was up, and they kicked the door open and rushed in, “Mr. Ramirez!” Letta, feeth clenched and eyes red, braced herself on the

had been so violent that the

pulled it out and knocked over the

bodyguards were stunned.

as he silently watched her temper tantrum.

so cruel to me yet you expect

quietly.

“Not even close”

keep

calm? Because you’ve got

I have no heart, Elgin agreed, then sharply ordered the bodyguards, “Get

“Mr. Ramirez