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?”

Or two, hate me, defy me, and

man would know which road to

all the

it

hate, forget everything, and live meekly and without dignity at Elgin’s side like

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

option?” Letitia looked him in the eye. “I won’t walk the easy path you’ve laid out

biting the hand that feeds

asking to give birth to the child, just wanting him to live, even if

way, we

‘we’!’ Letitia cut him off. “Elgin, I am me,

was a strong rejection.

had never been rejected like this! His hands by his side clenched

sliding off to reveal her patient gown, making

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

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

the heartache of her parents

pushing her to a

tossed a pillow at Elgin, throwing anything she

the bedside table was swept to

shattered into pieces.

up, and they kicked the door open and rushed in, “Mr. Ramirez!” Letta, feeth clenched and eyes

was on an IV drip, but her movements had been so

it out and knocked over the IV

bodyguards were stunned.

as he silently watched her temper

to me yet you expect me to forget everything and stay by your side… Impossible, you

quietly.

“Not even close”

keep

at him, “Why are you so calm? Because you’ve

agreed, then sharply ordered the bodyguards, “Get

“Mr. Ramirez