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."

...

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.

word 'Illusion' written on them. Using a carving tool, he carved them up. As soon as he destroyed all 12 of them, the entire bamboo grove began to

emerged at the summit of Malignant

water bottle hanging from her waist.

tears. She knew it was time to wake from

out!" Nash exclaimed joyfully,

dream, she would rather never wake up from it. Noticing her unusual demeanor, Nash gently placed his hands on her shoulders and asked, "Tatiana, is something bothering

her voice trembling slightly. "It's nothing. I'm just

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

Her period only just ended

world brought both relief and a tinge of melancholy, especially for Tatiana, who secretly

walking 200 meters, the

path they were following

It was replaced

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