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 being trapped, was

then stepped back and headed

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

will it take for you

come you get to decide everything? When you

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

you can play with

of emotions. “I’ve

right? Give me a concrete date.

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

Yulia was unsure how their conversation had

on her shoulders. “What if I helped you take over the

flickered

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

divorcing me for

long moment, she shook her head. “No.

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

time.”

who do you

paused, a struggle evident in her eyes. “I

caught, his face twitching involuntarily. “I mean the love between two

Yulia flinched,

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

“For the shares!”

shares over you

felt her face

ears rang with the force

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

need to force this issue. What position have you

were out with

gentle demeanor burst forth, stunning Nathan into silence. “You remember

wife?!”

it do? Did that

wife should, would

bitterly at his words. “Do you realize how awful you

with other

was a mask of tension. He stared at her for a long

since it’s

her mouth, but no words