The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Yulia’s lips quivered as she shook her head, her eyes widened with fear and helplessness. “What do you even

want?” she stammered.

Nathan looked at her with a cold detachment. “The question is, what do you want, Yulia? You wanted this marriage,

pulled every trick in the book to get it. You called the shots in the beginning, but when it ends, that’s not your call. If

you’re planning on going head-to-head with me, by all means, let’s see who’s tougher.”

“So what are you saying? That I’m stuck with you until you’re bored? I can’t ever bring up divorce?”

“You can bring it up, and I might agree, as long as you leave Anya with me.”

“You know I’ll never give up Anya!”

A smirk crept onto Nathan’s face. “Who knows? Maybe Ronald and his shares are worth more to you than Anya.”d2

Yulia bit her lip so hard that white marks formed around her teeth. “Why are you doing this, Nathan? Anya’s my

daughter. She’s got nothing to do with you. Why are you so obsessed with her?”

“People don’t always need reasons. I like her, and that should be enough.”

Yulia’s anger flared at Nathan’s shameless reasoning, her hand itching to slap some sense into him. “But you’ll end

up hurting her. With your playboy lifestyle, you might even marry someone else. What can you offer Anya, except a

life full of scandals and tabloid headlines? How can she grow up healthy in a home with a stepfather and

stepmother? What are you really thinking? Is this how you like Anya? I will never agree. Over my dead body will I let

you take her.”

Nathan’s lips curled into a sneer. “Suit yourself.”

Yulia felt her anger choking her, unable to vent.

Over her dead body? What would happen to Anya if she died?

How utterly cruel!

of being trapped,

stepped back and headed for the door. But Yulia

“What do you want from me, Nathan?

take for

like ice. “How come you get to decide everything?

you go?

can play with

at him, her expression a tangled mess of emotions. “I’ve heard enough. I admit I

on forever, right? Give me a concrete date. When can we truly end

expression darkened. “Tell me, Yulia, why do you suddenly

their conversation had circled back

“What if I helped you

eyes flickered with

need Ronald’s shares. Would you still bring up divorce after you got what

are you divorcing me for

a long moment, she shook her head. “No. I

never want to see him again, even if we got divorced, I don’t love him anymore. I haven’t for a

time.”

who do you

struggle evident in her eyes. “I

caught, his face twitching involuntarily. “I mean the love between two

Yulia flinched, closing her

deep breath to calm himself. “So why the hell are you in

“For the shares!”

the crap! Ronald’s been dangling those shares over you for ages. You never mentioned divorce

her face numb under

again, and Yulia’s ears rang with the force of

began to bubble up inside her. “It’s because of you. If you

I wouldn’t need to force this issue. What position have you put us in? Did

out

burst forth, stunning Nathan into silence. “You remember you’re

wife?!”

sharp. “What good does it do? Did that stop

acted like a wife should, would I

his words. “Do

with other

was a mask of tension. He stared at her for a long moment before his expression softened, and

closer, towering over her. “So since it’s not about Ronald, it’s about

her mouth, but no words came