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

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

“What do you want from me, Nathan? What

it take for you

was like ice. “How come you get to decide

you ever consider whether I’d let you go?

can play

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

me

why do you suddenly want

unsure how their conversation had circled back to this

on her shoulders. “What if

flickered

still bring up divorce after you

are you divorcing me for

and after a long moment, she shook her head.

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

time.”

do you

evident in her

his face twitching involuntarily. “I mean

Yulia flinched,

why the hell are you in such a

“For the shares!”

over you for

face numb under

ears rang with the force

to bubble up inside her. “It’s because of you. If you hadn’t been fooling around,

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

out with

burst forth, stunning

wife?!”

“What good does it do? Did that stop you from playing

should, would I have

words. “Do you

with other

tension. He stared at her for a long moment before his expression softened,

it’s not about

opened her mouth, but no words came