But Shela stomped on the pillbox, âWait up, Letitia, whatâs this pill for?â
âGet your foot off!*
Shela was pressing down hard, âYou seem pretty freaked out⦠Let me see.â
Letitia sprang into action, lifting her foot with one hand, and digging for the pillbox with the other. But it
was too late.
âThis pill⦠isnât it for emergency contraception? Shela said, âLetitia, why are you taking this?â
The moment she spoke, Shela got it, âYou, you were with Mr. Ramirez last nightâ¦â
While Shela was still stunned, Letitia snatched the pillbox and stuffed it into her bag, not looking back
as she made her exit.
She hadnât gone far when Shela caught up, grabbing her hand, âHold up, Letitia, you canât just walk
away,â
âWhat do you want?â
Weâre going to see Mr. Ramirez! Shela announced, âYou sneaking around, popping pills behind his
back!â
Letitia denied it, âI have no clue what youâre babbling about.â
âCut the crap, Shela laughed, âIf Mr. Ramirez didnât want you to have kids, heâd take precautions or
give you the pill himself right after and watch you swallow it. No way heâd let you buy and take the pill
yourself!â
Now Shelaâs brain was firing on all cylinders! Her chance to turn the tables had come!
She clung to Letitia, âCome on, weâre off to see Mr. Ramirez!â
In the presidentâs office at the Ramirez Group.
Ranen Mitchell said, âMr. Ramirez, Ms. Ward insisted on barging in, I⦠I couldnât stop her.â.
âLeave usâ
âSure.â
Ranen bolted, making sure to shut the door tight behind him.
Letitia was slightly pale, staying silent.
She was caught by Shela, and she had nowhere to hide.
Elgin Ramirez leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers on the desk.
The last thing he wanted was Letitia and Shela showing up together.
Yet here they were, both of them, where they shouldnât be today.
âMr. Ramirez, Iâve found out Letitiaâs little secret!â Shela said smugly, âJust outside the company, I saw
her hiding a box of pills in her bag!â
âPills?*
âYeah, itâs still in her bag. Sheâs clutching it tight, wonât let me touch it!â
Letitia retorted, âWhy should I hand over my stuff to you?â
âHeh, âcause youâre acting all guilty!â Shela boasted, Mr. Ramirez, you should take a look at whatâs in
that pillbox!â
Letitia instinctively covered her bag.
What you fear most has a way of happening.
If only she knew, she wouldâve dry swallowed that pill without a second thought!
Letitia, Elgin asked, âwhatâs the pill, show me.â
She didnât budge.
After an awkward ten seconds, Elgin stood up, striding over to her.
Letitia stepped back.
His slender fingers reached into her bag, fishing around until he found it.
Letsiaâs heart sank.
Elginâs expression darkened as he read the label on the pillbox.
Chela kept stirring the pot. âMr. Ramirez, she mustâve been taking this behind your back, right? She
was panicked when I caught her red handedâ
*So i figured, you had to be in the dark. Letitia just had a miscarriage, and sheâs your wife, so she could
only be with you⦠Sheâs clearly not keen on having your kids!â
Tim dying to bear your children, to have that chance, but begging wonât even get me there. And thereâs
Letitia, actually going out of her way to take pills.*
âSheâd rather have someone elseâs kid than carry yours⦠Mr. Ramirez, itâs plain to see who loves you
and who doesnât!*
Shela was on a roll, âYou keep telling me you love her. But look, sheâs trampling all over your love, she
doesnât deserve it, Mr. Ramirez. Letitia is selfish and.â
Before she could finish, Elgin roared, âShut up!â
His voice echoed in the office, deafening
Shela clammed up instantly, not even daring to breathe.
Elgin, veins throbbing on his forehead, glared at Letitia with a look that could kill.
âLetitia,â he held up the pillbox, âWhy do you want to take this? You dared to sneak around and pop
pills behind my back? Youâve got some nerve!â
Heâd told her countless times he wanted a child.
He wanted her to get pregnant, so he purposely didnât use protection, emphasizing it to her over and
over again, and what does she do?
Letitia goes behind his back and buys the pill!
âIf it wasnât for Shelaâs timely discovery⦠you wouldâve taken this pill already!â
Just the thought made Elginâs heart wrench with pain. It was the first time he felt the full force of his
love being stomped on. All his efforts in exchange for Letitiaâs cold indifference!
âSpeak up! Elgin shouted. âLetitia, why?â
He was hoping, against hope, for a reasonable explanation from Letitia.
Even if it was fake, a lie⦠as long as it made some sense, he was ready to believe it.
Because he could handle the lies, but the truth was too brutal.
The truth was she didnât want to carry his child! Thatâs not what Elgin wanted to hear!
âLâ Letitia opened her mouth, âI have nothing to say. Itâs exactly as you see.â
The evidence was irrefutable, she couldnât explain it away.
âSo you really donât want my child?â
âIâve made it clear before, more than once, I donât want to have your children,â Letitia replied, âLast
night, you forced me.*
Those words crushed Elginâs love once again.
His rage was burning through his sanity!
âLetitia!â Elgin raised his hand high, his broad palm shaking uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Shela was over the moon. Go ahead, knock Letitia dead!
Mr. Ramirez and Letitia slept together without protection, wanting a child, only for Letitia to secretly go
buy the pill.
Some people just donât know how to appreciate what they have.
Shela thought to herself, looks like my shipâs about to come in.
She had figured that this time, sheâd let Letitia take the win, but who knew she would be so clueless
and tick off Mr. Ramirez. Nowâs her chance to really seize the day!
âMr. Ramirez, from the get-go, the one whoâs truly been head over heels for you⦠thatâs me,â Shela
said with a touch of self-pity, That night, it was me. The one whoâs been crazy about you, the one dying
to have your babies, still me.â
âGet out!â
âMr. Ramirez..
I said scram!â
Shela shrank back, her neck retracting like a scared turtle, and she reluctantly shuffled out of the office.
But Letitia, she was no stranger to Elginâs hot-tempered antics, so she kept her cool.
Ched seen Elgin even more steamed up than this.
Tim going to take those pills, I donât want to have your kid,â Letitia laid it all out there, blunt as a
hammer, âElgin, weâve got hatred, and
you personally marched me into that OR to get rid of my baby⦠how in the world could I ever want to
make bables with you!â