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,

watched as she fell into despair, then stepped back and

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

it take for you to

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

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

play with

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

Give me a concrete date. When

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

Yulia was unsure how their conversation

grip tightened on her shoulders. “What if

eyes flickered

wouldn’t need Ronald’s shares. Would you still bring up divorce after you got

are you divorcing

a long moment, she shook her head. “No. I can’t

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

time.”

who do you

a struggle evident in her eyes. “I love

twitching involuntarily. “I mean the love

flinched,

took a deep breath to calm himself. “So why the hell are you in such a rush to

“For the shares!”

shares over you for ages. You never mentioned

face numb

he roared again, and Yulia’s ears

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

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

were out with other

burst forth, stunning Nathan into silence. “You remember

wife?!”

“What good does it

wife should, would I have the chance to

laugh bitterly at his words. “Do you realize how awful you sound? Blaming

with

of tension. He stared at her for a long moment

it’s not about

mouth, but