Chapter 99
In a Each Elgin radiated an icy aura that could chill you to the bone.
Someone dared to whisk Letitia away right under his nose? Who the heck was it?
Where did this knight in shining armor come from?!
Find out what happened, and I want to know within five minutes Elgin bellowed. âMove it!â
Right away, nght awayâ¦
He slammed his phone onto the seat, his face dark as a storm cloud.
Well, Letitia, youâre quite the trickster, arenât you?
Elgin glanced at his watch, counting the seconds tick by, his patience hanging by a thread!
Just seconds shy of five minutes, his phone buzzed again.
âTalkâ
âMr. Ramirez, the person who took Mrs Sanders is Neil!â
âHim, really?â
âYes,â his subordinate answered, and he took Mrs Sanders to a private hospital under the Thompson Group!â
Elgin immediately ordered. Turn around!
This twist was totally unexpected for Elgin.
Letitia was one smart cookie, pulling off a Houdini and saving her bun in the oven!
Thompson Elite Medical Center
In the high-end ward. Letitia lay on the bed, pale-faced with her eyes tightly shut
âMr. Thompson, she is stable for now, and we ve managed to save the baby,â the doctor said. âBut she needs to be taken good care of⦠otherwise, a miscarriage could happen at any time.â
âGot it
âIl prepare her daily medication, and the head nurse will take care of Ms. Sanders personally.â
Neil nodded, bending down to take a seat beside the bed.
He hadnât expected Letitia to be pregnant. So whoâs the baby daddy? And why was she in the hospital in such a critical condition? This woman seemed to be a walking enigma.
Looking at her face Neil felt a sudden pang of pity, Girls should be living carefree, happy lives, and yet you, you must have been through so much
Otherwise, why would she be all alone in the hospital, waiting for his rescue?
If he hadnât shown up would her child have been lost?
As he pondered, the sound of humed footsteps approached from outside
Neil furrowed his brow and stepped out of the room.
From a distance, he saw Elgin storming down the hallway.
âMr. Ramirez?â Neil said. âWhat brings you here?â
âThatâs what I was about to ask youâ
âIâm looking after Letitia, Neil replied straightforwardly. âBut you and her youâre just her boss, right?â
Elgin had no reason rushing to the hospital for a mere employee.
Elginâs face was a mask of thunder, âWho told you to look after her?â
got a call from Letitia last night, begging me to save her, so I came.â
âShe sure knows how to play her cards right, finding you,â Elgin sneered. âNeil, Iâd advise you to stay out of Letitiaâs business!*
promised her that Iâd be there if she ever needed help. A promise is a promise.â
feels openness didnât have a bit of deception, but that tone was grating on Elgin.
Compared to the âgood guy Neil, he simply looked like the devil incarnate!
ught save her once, but you canât save her forever, Elgin retorted. âI donât care what your feelings for Lettha ore, but from now on
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stay away from her!â
With that, Elgin headed towards the room.
Neil blocked his path, âLetitia is still unconsciousâ
âIâm taking her with mel
âWhy?â Neil questioned. âSheâs very weak right now and needs hospital care.â
âYou donât need to know why!â Elgin shook off his hand forcefully, intent on entering the room.
But Neil stood his ground, âMr. Ramirez, she needs rest.â
Elgin narrowed his eyes, âDo you⦠do you like Letitia?â
This woman, she had a knack for seducing men!
Despite their deep-seated enmity, Elgin had been swayed by her charms time and again, his heart softening, his emotions stirredâ¦
And what about other men?
âMr. Ramirez, you must be joking. I have a girlfriend,â Neil replied. âIâm helping out a friend.â
A catch like Neil wouldâve been snatched up ages ago.
His girlfriend was a match made in socialite heaven.
Rich, handsome, gentle, and responsible Neil any girl would cling to him for dear life.
Especially a perfect match, beauty and the brain.
âA friend? How many times have you even met? Elgin probed. âNeil, weâve been partners for years, and I donât want to fall out over some lowly woman.â
âYou canât talk about her like that.â
Neil was staunchly defending Letitia, which only fueled Elginâs irritation.
He made Walden leave and then Neil showed up.
At least Walden had wronged her and hightailed it abroad, so Elgin didnât see him as a threat.
But now, if Neil really took a shine to her, Elgin wasnât sure he could beat him.
His needed to win. He was afraid Letitia would be charmed by another man and leave him.
This thought darkened Elginâs eyes even more.
His desire to possess Letitia⦠was the possessiveness a man feels for a woman!
âNeil, Letitia isnât as noble as you think,â Elgin said coldly. âDo you even know who she is?â
âWho is she?â
âMy mistress.â
Neil was taken aback, âMistress? Then the baby sheâs carryingâ¦â
Elgin replied, âI told her to get rid of it, she wouldnât, and instead secretly sought your help to keep it. Sheâs angling for a leg up through
her child Doesnât that make her a schemer?â
He didnât clarify whether the child was his or not, leaving Neil to guess. But Letitiaâs image was surely ruined in Neilâs eyes.
Neil was still reeling from the shock, lost for words, while Elgin took the opportunity to kick open the hospital room door and strode in
The loud noise awakened the sleeping Letitia
She popped her eyes open and the first thing she saw was Elginâs face, dark with anger
That old familiar wave of fear washed over her, and she shrank back a bit involuntarily. âElgin.â
âYouâve got some nerve!â
âMr. Ramirez!â Neil burst in right after, âYouâre scaring her.â
Glancing from Elgin to Neil, Lelitiaâs mind slowly started to clearâ¦.
She suddenly looked down at her belly in panic, âMy baby!â
ââs safe. Ne said âLucky I got here in time to get the doctors to operate on you
Lente stared at him, her eyes glistening with tears, barely holding back the flood. âThank you, thank you so much.
werenât for Not she would have completely lost the child by now
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âHowever, he continued, âthe doc says youâre pretty weak, and the baby is in a risky spot too. Youâre gonna need to be very careful and nurture your pregnancy carefully, or elseâ¦.thereâs still a chance of a miscarriage.â