Chapter 68
She had just stepped out of the company when she spotted Walden standing by the roadside.
Letitia was taken aback. What was he doing here?
She glanced back and locked eyes with Elgin, who strode over to her and said, “Are you that scared of me hurting him?”
*L.. just wanted to check if you were following.”
Elgin snorted coidly, reached out, and wrapped his arm around her waist, heading straight for Walden.
Letitia tried to wriggle free, but the tighter he gripped, the harder it became for her to breathe.
Walden stood there, silent as a statue.
His face still bore the marks of a beating, patches of black and blue courtesy of Elgin’s fists.
“What are you doing here?” Elgin asked indifferently, “Come to throw in the towel?”
Walden first looked at Letitia and then at Elgin’s hand on her waist.
After a long pause, he said, “I know you’ll definitely take over Sunbeam Gems, making me lose face in front of the board of the Sullivan Group.
“Good that you understand.”
Walden’s face showed signs of weariness. But he just smiled calmly, not a hint of panic, which really irked Elgin, Walden should be begging him, not the other way around.
“Elgin, by getting rid of me, you haven’t solved the real problem, Walden said. “You think you’ve won, but you’ve actually lost big time.”
Elgin’s expression turned icy
“What you should be doing is taking good care of Letitia. Not driving away everyone around her until she’s left with no one but you.”
Walden’s smile grew wider, and Elgin’s aura of menace began to surface.
Still, Walden continued, clearly not afraid to die, “Do you think this will make her depend on you? No, it’ll only make her hate you more You’ve closed off her world and forced yourself to be her everything. That’s not love; that’s sickness.”
“Sickness?”
“Yeah, a mental disorder, Walden replied. ‘Elgin, you’ve never really understood love, have you?”
Elgin scoffed coldly. There are plenty of women who’d kill to be with me!”
“Do they love you? Do they love you, or love your money? And you, do you love them?”
“Walden, shut up! Letitia felt anxious for him. Walden was really pushing his luck, standing up to Elgin like this. He was asking for trouble!
“Elgin, I just want to tell you. If you love Letitia, you should cherish her, Walden said, “Otherwise, by the time you look back for her, she won’t be there anymore… just like I once lost her
“She will always be mine.”
“You can hold onto a person, but not their heart.”
Elgin turned to Letitia, “Really? Where is your heart?”
Letitia looked down at her toes. “My heart is with me, and no one has taken it.”
“Letitia…” Walden tried to say more, but Letitia cut him off, “You better go
She was powerless in the takeover matter, Elgin wouldn’t listen to her.
She just hoped it wouldn’t be a devastating blow to Walden
Although Sunbeam Gems was gone, the Sullivan Group was still there, and surely Walden’s parents would have plans for their son.
Letitia thought, Walden should find a girl who’s a good match, settle down, and start over
He still had endless possibilities. And her… Letitia glanced at Elgin by her side. In this lifetime, she had no idea when she would be able to escape this sea of suffering.
“Alright, Walden nodded. Take care, Letitia
She nodded vigorously back at him, “After you leave the Sullivan Group… where will you go?*
Maybe abroad, to clear my head and get some air”
Walden slowly turned to leave, but suddenly, he spin back around and pulled Letitia into his arms.
She was stunned, but then she heard Walden whisper in her ear, rapid-fire. “I’m going abroad to uncover the truth for you, wait for me?”
As soon as he finished speaking. Elgin had shoved Walden away.
Letitia stood there, dazed, not quite coming back to reality.
“Are you asking for death?” Elgin’s eyes were like icy blades “How dare you hug my woman right in front of me?”
Walden stumbled back a few steps, shrugged, and said, ‘Just a farewell hug, why so uplight?”
“No man is allowed to touch her!”
“If you were as you said, what does it matter how long she hugs me? Bottom line, Elgin, you’re just insecure.”
“Get lost!”
Seeing this, Letitia stepped forward and held onto Elgin’s arm, giving Walden pleading looks
She heard him – Walden had deliberately risked danger to pass her the message.
Going abroad for the truth was he going to look for Phedra’s son?
Letitia had never met or even heard of the second young master of the Ramirez family.
“Still looking? I’ll gouge out your eyes, Elgin wamed. “Wanna go with him?”
“I do.”
Elgin’s voice rang out loud enough to echo down the entire street, “Letitia Sanders!”
“I just want to leave you, not because I want to go with Walden. Even if it’s a stranger who can take me away, I’m willing.”
He grabbed her chin, “The more you want something, the less I’ll let you have it.”
She looked up, her fingertips lightly tracing his cheek, “I want to sleep with you.”
Elgins lips pressed into a thin line.
“Well then, Elgin, you better not let me have my way. Letitia said. “It’s the one thing I want the most.”
The night was quiet and the evening breeze picked up.
In that moment, Letitia was like a siren, her eyes weaving spells that captured the soul.
“Do you want to have my child to save your parents? Elgin’s voice was low “You sure remember the promise my grandfather made you He clenched her hand, yanked open the car door, and threw her onto the seat.
Letitia climbed up without a word and settled in
The car door slammed with a clang, then the car sped off, leaving a trail of exhaust fumes.
Outside the Ramirez Group headquarters, Samson and Vidonia were standing shoulder to shoulder, arms folded, in a strikingly synchronized pose.
“Have those two always been like this?” Samson stroked his chin.
“Must be, since Letitia isn’t showing any sign of surprise.”
“That’s cold, man. Not exactly a knight in shining armor, is he?”
Vidonia rolled her eyes. “That’s your best friend, a douche.”
“That’s him, not me, Samson quickly waved his hands in denial, “I’m not part of that
‘Birds of a feather flock together, you know what they say, right?”
Vidonia, I’m sensing some heavy bias against me here…”
“You’re exactly that kind of guy” Vidonia counted off on her fingers, “You’re always hitting the clubs, got a bunch of chicks in your phone, playing the eternal bachelor card, and also…
Samson couldn’t stand it anymore and cut her off, “Stop, stop, stop! I am single, what’s this about playing a card? And when I go to the
bar. Ouch!”
Vidonia didn’t hesitate to jab him hard in the stomach with her elbow
