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!

feeling of helplessness, of

into despair, then stepped back and headed for the

couldn’t hide. “What do you want from me, Nathan?

What will it take for you to

like ice. “How come you get to decide everything? When you

I’d let you go? Now you want to walk away

play with until

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

Give me a concrete date.

expression darkened. “Tell me, Yulia, why do

Yulia was unsure how their

on her shoulders. “What if I helped

eyes flickered with

still bring up

divorcing

and after a long moment, she shook her

see him again, even if we got

time.”

who do you

paused, a struggle evident in her eyes.

involuntarily. “I mean the love between

flinched,

to calm himself. “So why the hell

“For the shares!”

dangling those shares over you for ages. You never mentioned divorce

face numb

Yulia’s ears rang with the force of his

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

to force this issue. What position have you put us in? Did

were out with other

gentle demeanor burst forth, stunning Nathan

wife?!”

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

you acted like a wife should, would I have the chance to

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

out with

He stared at her

over her. “So since it’s not about Ronald, it’s

opened her mouth, but no