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 trapped,

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

hide. “What do you want from me, Nathan? What are

it take for you to let me

come

go? Now you want to walk away scot-free? You think I’m

toy you can play with until you’re

a tangled mess of emotions. “I’ve heard enough. I

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

“Tell me, Yulia, why do you suddenly want

their conversation had circled back to this

shoulders. “What if I

flickered with

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

divorcing

brow furrowed, and after a long moment, she shook her head. “No. I can’t

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

time.”

who do you love

struggle evident in her eyes. “I love

his face twitching involuntarily. “I mean

flinched, closing

breath to calm himself. “So why the hell

“For the shares!”

dangling those shares over you for ages. You

her face numb

ears rang with the

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

What position have you

out

burst forth, stunning Nathan into

wife?!”

sharp. “What good does it do?

you acted like a wife should, would

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

with

her for a long moment before his expression softened,

it’s not about Ronald, it’s about me,

mouth, but no words came