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!

feeling of helplessness, of being

fell into despair, then stepped back and headed for the door. But

“What do you want from me,

for you to let

like ice. “How come you

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

can play with until

a tangled mess of emotions. “I’ve heard enough. I admit

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

“Tell me, Yulia, why do you suddenly want to talk

unsure how their

“What if I helped you take over the

eyes flickered with

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

are you divorcing

her head. “No. I can’t forgive

if we got divorced, I don’t love him anymore. I haven’t for a

time.”

who do

struggle evident in

his face twitching involuntarily. “I mean the love between two adults?!” He

flinched,

a deep breath to calm himself. “So why

“For the shares!”

Ronald’s been dangling those shares over you for ages. You never

her face numb

and Yulia’s ears rang with the force of

up inside her. “It’s because of you. If you hadn’t been fooling around, putting Anya in

have you put us in? Did you ever think of your

out

demeanor burst forth, stunning

wife?!”

was sharp. “What good does it do? Did

a wife should, would

help but laugh bitterly at his words. “Do you realize how awful you

out with other

He stared at her for a long moment

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

opened her mouth, but no words