The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

“You told me to find these girls, and I still have to be beaten up for doing my job.

Isn’t that too unfair?”

Chloe’s expression chilled instantly as she turned her gaze toward Damon.

Yulia, standing off to the side, stared at Damon in shock. Could he really be that

kind of guy? It didn’t seem right. Even if he was having affairs, he couldn’t have

called so many beautiful women to the estate when Chloe was so pregnant.

Damon’s face darkened further, his grip tightening. “Who told you to drag these

people over here!?” His head was practically throbbing with irritation at Nathan’s

boneheaded move, bringing all these women to the estate.

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Trying to dodge the impending storm, Nathan cradled his head and sidestepped,

“You didn’t specify where to send them. I thought… I thought you wanted them

to cheer Chloe up.”

Chloe’s brow twitched, her eyes scanning the group of women.d2

Cheering her up with a selection of rosy-skinned, beautifully poised women?

That would be quite unusual.

But if it were Damon’s doing, it wouldn’t be too surprising.

The women, upon seeing Damon, puffed out their chests and tried to look their

best, as if they were contestants in a beauty pageant, each vying for the crown.

But Nathan’s words seemed to let the air out of their sails.

Cheering up a woman? What was this all about?

They turned their eyes back to Chloe, who was standing across from them with

a protruding belly, and the last shreds of their confidence suddenly disappeared

without a trace.

Her facial features, though calm, had an intimidating presence. Indeed she was

the legendary iRonald lady.

Competing with her for a man? The thought had barely crossed their minds

before being quickly dismissed.

One by one, they looked downcast, no longer daring to meet Chloe’s gaze.

Chloe, however, just gave a faint smile and stepped forward, taking a closer

look at them. “Do you even know why you were called here?”

The women shook their heads, one of them speaking up, “We were told we’d be

attending to someone.”

Chloe raised an eyebrow, “Well then, you should…”

“Better take back your words. They weren’t brought here for you,” Damon cut

her off before she could finish. He had already moved to her side, his face a

stern warning.

Chloe turned to him, “They are already here. If they are not for me, do you need

them for yourself?”

Damon’s complexion darkened even more, “They weren’t called here by me.”

Chloe replied with a laugh, “Your little brother setting you up, huh?”

Nathan was frantically shaking his head on the side, “Chloe, please spare me.

There is no way that I would dare to cross my brother.”

“So what’s the real story?”

“I don’t know either. I just followed instructions. You gotta ask my brother for the

details.”

Chloe’s gaze returned to Damon, who pursed his lips, glancing toward the

neighboring hill. “Maybe the guy next door is just too lonely. Thought I’d help him

settle down.”

Chloe’s mouth opened, but for a moment, no sound came out.

The two were always at odds, but how did it get to the point where Damon was

helping Stanley settle down in life?

The conversation dropped into a brief silence. It was Yulia who broke it, unable

to suppress her laughter.

Chloe snapped out of it, her eyes drifting toward the neighboring hill. Finding a

wife for Stanley? Why did she find this situation so unimaginable?

Knowing Stanley for years, she’d never pictured him with a woman. The mental

image was awkward and bizarre. Damon was really something to come up with

this idea.

She looked at Damon helplessly. Although she had long known that these

women were just a misunderstanding, she really hadn’t expected it to turn out

this way.

“He won’t accept it.” She meant no slight to the women, but Stanley definitely

wouldn’t choose a wife from among them.

With his rebellious streak, how could he possibly accept an arranged marriage,

especially one from Damon.

Damon’s face grew stormy, “How can you be so sure he won’t accept it without

even meeting them?”

With a sense of resignation, Chloe replied, “I know him at least a little bit.”

“Don’t you dare know him.” Damon’s voice was low and possessive as he

looked at her.

Chloe paused and then laughed. “Alright, alright, I won’t mention him. You two

keep up with whatever you are doing.”

“He’s the one who started it,” Damon explained, as if he’d ever stoop to bicker

with that man.

Chloe just smiled, “Sure, it’s all his fault.” Sometimes, a man just needed a little

coddling.

Anya had been watching Nathan, clinging to his leg and looking up at him with

concern. “Nathan, does it hurt? Let me blow on it.”

Nathan lifted her into his arms, “Here, it hurts.”

Anya’s little hands rubbed his face, then she blew gently on his cheek. “Better?”

Nathan smiled down at her, “One more kiss and it’ll be all gone.”

With a smacking kiss, Anya obliged.

Nathan nodded in satisfaction.

Yulia watched the exchange with a soft smile, her thoughts a serene mystery.

It was then that Chloe spoke up, “Nathan, be mindful of your boundaries. Going

to those places by yourself is one thing, but taking Anya along is entirely

inappropriate.”

Nathan blinked, then turned his gaze to Yulia. “I’m not up to no good. And I

wouldn’t teach Anya anything bad. I’m careful.”

Chloe continued with a smile, “Taking her to a VIP room to pick up women?”

“I… I had Anya with me. Picking up women in the VIP room was just to carry out

my brother’s mission. I wouldn’t do anything else with Anya there.”

“So what you’re saying is, if Anya wasn’t there, you might consider doing

something else?”

Nathan’s scalp tingled with dread, “Oh come on, Chloe, don’t do this to me.”

Chloe just laughed and said no more. From the corner of her eye, Chloe

glanced over at Yulia. There didn’t seem to be much of an expression on her

face. How could she still manage to smile at a time like this?

Damon, with his arm wrapped around Chloe, said to Nathan, “Take these ladies

next door for me, will ya? Tell him I don’t mind keeping the whole lot, no returns

accepted, and he doesn’t even need to thank me.”

Nathan, holding Anya reluctantly, complained, “Why’s it always me?”

Damon turned, still holding Chloe close, “Nathan’s out of town on business.”

In other words, the assistant wasn’t around, so Nathan had to play the

workhorse.

Nathan didn’t even have a chance to argue.

—

Nathan scooped up Anya and put her in the car, placing her on the space he’d

cleared between his legs. With one arm around her and the other on the

steering wheel, he drove out of the estate.

Yulia had just asked Anya to stay with her, but the little girl refused to leave

Nathan’s side, so she let them be. She’d met that Stanley guy a couple of times

before. He was kind to Chloe and seemed a bit aloof, even quirky, but he looked

after anyone connected to her. She figured they’d be fine.

Chloe had Damon for company, so Yulia went to the guest room, where she

occasionally stayed over.

It was early summer, and the estate was breathtakingly beautiful. Standing at

the bedside, Yulia recalled the conversation she’d had with Chloe not so long