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!

helplessness, of being

she fell into despair, then stepped back and headed for the

do you want from

it take for you to

was like ice. “How come

did you ever consider whether I’d let you go? Now you want to

play with

looked up at him, her expression a tangled mess of emotions.

right? Give me a concrete date. When can we

“Tell me, Yulia, why do you suddenly want

their conversation had

shoulders. “What if I helped

flickered

you still bring up

divorcing me for

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

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

time.”

do you love

in

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

Yulia flinched, closing

took a deep breath to calm himself. “So why the hell are

“For the shares!”

the crap! Ronald’s been dangling those shares over you for ages. You

her face numb

he roared again, and Yulia’s ears rang with

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

have you

out with other

demeanor burst forth, stunning Nathan into

wife?!”

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

a wife should, would I have

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

with other

was a mask of tension. He stared at her

since it’s not about Ronald, it’s

opened her mouth, but no