My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

Nash returned to the stone house feeling sleepy, so he took off his clothes and climbed into Tatiana's bed. He wrapped his arms around her sweetly scented body and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Not long after, Tatiana opened her eyes. Seeing the weary look on his face, her heart ached slightly. She reached her delicate hand out to caress his chiseled cheek and whispered, "You scoundrel, you've stolen my heart." Nash's lips curved into a slight smile. "Really?" Surprised, Tatiana pulled back and exclaimed, "You... Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Nash teased her by lifting her chin and replying, "You woke me up. Now you have to make it up to me."

Looking down, Tatiana pressed her small hand against his warm chest and murmured, "How should I make it up?"

Nash just smiled slightly. "Figure it out yourself."

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In the following 30-plus days, Nash worked tirelessly day and night, often skipping sleep and food. He had mastered over 500 pages of the tome.

One day, while walking through the bamboo grove, he realized he recognized the array patterns there. The grove contained over 30 arrays, but none were detection arrays, which explained their undisturbed life within.

Using a carving tool, he carved them up. As soon as he destroyed all 12 of them, the entire bamboo

emerged at the summit of Malignant Mountain, they

large white rabbit backpack with the cartoon water bottle hanging from her waist. They had been living in the bamboo grove for over a month, and during that time,

back tears. She knew

we finally made it out!" Nash

illusionary array. Even if it were just a dream, she would rather never wake up from it. Noticing her unusual demeanor, Nash gently placed

turned her head away and wiped a tear, her voice trembling slightly. "It's nothing.

press further. He simply took her hand, and they continued walking. Over the past

which might suggest that their bodies were attuned to real-world time outside the illusion. Her period only just ended before they entered the mountain. Since only four days had passed in

both relief and a tinge of melancholy, especially for Tatiana, who secretly cherished the simplicity and intimacy of

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path they were following

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