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 helplessness, of

she fell into despair, then stepped back and headed

him back with a desperation she couldn’t hide. “What do you want

it take for you to

“How come you get to decide everything? When

whether I’d let you go? Now you want to walk away scot-free? You

toy you can play

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

drag this marriage on forever, right? Give me a concrete date. When

Yulia, why do

guard, Yulia was unsure how their

“What if I helped you

flickered with

you still bring up divorce after you got what you wanted? Or

are you divorcing me

a long moment, she shook her head.

see him again, even if we got divorced, I don’t love him anymore. I haven’t for

time.”

who do you

evident in her eyes. “I love

mean the love between two adults?!” He bellowed at

Yulia flinched, closing her

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

“For the shares!”

crap! Ronald’s been dangling those shares over you

felt her face numb under Nathan’s

again, and Yulia’s ears

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

position have you put us

out

burst forth, stunning

wife?!”

does it do? Did that stop

a wife should, would I have the

words. “Do you realize how awful you

out with

face 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

mouth, but no words came