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

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

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

for

voice was like ice. “How come

let you go? Now you want to walk away scot-free? You think

play with

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

this marriage on forever, right? Give me a

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

guard, Yulia was unsure how their conversation had circled back to

if

eyes flickered with

you still bring up

divorcing

shook her head. “No. I can’t forgive him. If

I’d never want to see him again, even if we got divorced, I

time.”

do

struggle evident in her eyes. “I love

twitching involuntarily. “I mean the love between

Yulia flinched, closing

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

“For the shares!”

dangling those shares over you for ages. You never mentioned

face numb under

roared again, and Yulia’s ears

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

position have you put us

out with other

forth, stunning Nathan into

wife?!”

sharp. “What good does it do? Did

acted like a wife should,

couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at his words. “Do you realize how awful you

with

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

“So since it’s not about

her mouth, but no words came