The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

The car pulled up in front of the already ajar gates of the Ellis family estate. Seth didn’t even bother to engage the parking brake. He slouched in the seat, his gaze fixed on the closed doors of the Ellis family mansion, some distance ahead, his long fingers drumming slowly on the steering wheel.

After a while, he finally retracted his gaze, turning to look at Danielle. His expression was cool, his voice icy. “Who told you that hating one person necessarily means you like another?”

Danielle’s eyes were red-rimmed. “Can I take that to mean you don’t like Cicely?”

Seth pursed his lips, his gazes becoming darker with emotions. “But do you really not think I’m annoying because of Cicely?” It was a mix of suspicion and accusation.

Suddenly, Seth’s mouth twisted into a smirk, and he let out a low chuckle. That chuckle stopped Danielle cold. As far as she could recall, she had never heard him laugh before. Yet this laugh was laced with sarcasm, a cool elegance with an undertone of rebelliousness.

He rested his hand casually on the steering wheel, half-turned to her with a faint smile. “Don’t flatter yourself too much.”d2

Danielle’s face flushed, then paled, her pride wounded by his contempt, yet she had nowhere to hide. “You…” Danielle’s lips trembled with her heart, her voice catching, “Are you trying to sever ties with me with those words?”

Tears streamed down her face.

“Patty just left less than an hour ago, and you’re in such a rush?”

Seth’s expression didn’t change. “What is our relationship, exactly?”

Danielle was at a loss for words.

“To me, you are simply the daughter of my mother’s best friend. Is that a relationship you think I need to spend time clarifying?”

A negligible, unimportant tie. To him, it meant nothing.

Danielle bit her lip hard enough to leave a mark. After a moment, she also let out a bitter laugh. “If that’s the case, why waste your time talking to me? Seth, do you really have no other intentions?”

Seth frowned.

A slender figure appeared at the front door of the mansion, walking towards them as Seth’s phone beside him also began to ring. It was Cicely’s call.

His gaze shifted to the incoming call display on the screen, and he pulled up the handbrake before picking up the phone.

didn’t bother to make more conversation, but Cicely’s call was worth applying the parking brake for. Was this a cue for a long

as she closed

him, speaking into the phone, “Come on in, why are you

could hear the voice on the phone crystal clear. That

door, got out, and

that Danielle had left early in the morning, but she never

driver’s seat, arching

stepped out of the car, ending

an air of nonchalance, she asked,

with him that he has to explain

that got to do with you? Also, you really are full of

yourself too seriously.” Those words might as well have been Seth’s echo. Danielle’s grip on

been humiliated by Seth and now by Cicely, her annoyance surged. Sensing Seth showing no

gave Seth’s car a once-over before dialing

“Miss.”

the

her satisfaction, she asked, “Patty’s back to

outside the gate, responding

take that as your excuse

Seth’s lips twitched slightly.

car door, opening and closing it. The

watched her play for a while before standing up straight, taking the car door from her hands, and forcefully shutting it. “If

walked around to the driver’s

and, as Seth turned to look at her from the driver’s seat, she settled into the passenger seat. He pursed

herself in and turned toward Seth. Her face was striking, her

let any woman other than me sit in the passenger

Seth unbuckled his seatbelt.

work challenging? I might not know much about running a company, but it’s tough, I guess. Although, I think you might enjoy the challenge. Running a company all on your own,