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

fell into despair, then stepped back

him back with a desperation she couldn’t hide. “What do you want from me, Nathan? What are

for you to

go?” Nathan’s voice was like ice. “How come you get to decide everything? When

let you go?

play with until you’re

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

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

why do you suddenly

guard, Yulia was unsure how their

grip tightened on her shoulders. “What if

eyes flickered with

shares. Would you still bring up divorce after

you divorcing me

she shook her head. “No. I

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

time.”

do you love

a struggle evident in her

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

Yulia flinched, closing her

himself. “So why the

“For the shares!”

Ronald’s been dangling those shares over you for ages.

face numb under Nathan’s

roared again, and Yulia’s ears rang with the

inside her. “It’s because of you.

force this issue. What position have you put us in? Did you ever think of your wife

out with

gentle demeanor burst forth, stunning Nathan into silence.

wife?!”

retort was sharp. “What good does it do? Did that stop you from

like a wife should, would

at his words. “Do you realize

with

stared at her for

her. “So since it’s not about

opened her mouth, but