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 for the door. But Yulia grabbed his

a desperation she couldn’t hide. “What do you want from me, Nathan? What are you

What will it take for you

“How come you get to decide everything?

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

can play with until

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

on forever, right? Give me a concrete date. When

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

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

her shoulders. “What if I helped you

eyes flickered

shares. Would you still bring up divorce after you got what you wanted? Or

you divorcing

moment, she shook her head. “No. I can’t forgive him. If it

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

time.”

do you love

evident in her

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

Yulia flinched,

why the hell are

“For the shares!”

dangling those shares over you for

her face

Yulia’s ears

you. If you hadn’t been fooling around, putting

force this issue. What position have you

out with

demeanor burst forth, stunning Nathan

wife?!”

was sharp. “What good does it do?

you acted like a wife should, would I have

help but laugh bitterly at his words. “Do you realize how awful you

out with

her for a long moment

her. “So since it’s not

mouth, but no