My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

"Exercise? Did I gain weight?" Tatiana panicked, checking her arms and then pulling out her phone to look at her face. Having indulged in delicious and spicy foods recently without much exercise, she wondered if she had gained weight. Nash smiled and added, "Not that kind of exercise."

Only then did Tatiana realize what he meant. Blushing, she retorted, "Who'd want to exercise with you?" Despite saying that, her body betrayed her. Just thinking about that night made her mouth salivate uncontrollably.

After eating her fill, Tatiana got up to clean the dishes. Next to the stone house was a sink. A cartoon water bottle was hung upside down from the eaves. When she opened the cap, clear water came pouring out.

Tatiana washed the dishes absentmindedly when she caught sight of the 'wolf' staring at her legs in the corner of her eye. Had things gone too far? As she was washing the last dish, the 'wolf' had already approached and embraced her from behind.

His low, magnetic voice sounded in her ear. "Time for some exercise." With Nash's warm breath on her face, she melted instantly into his arms. Nash carried Tatiana into the stone house. This time, Tatiana did not resist. Nash had been studying hard for the past three days. It was time he got his reward.

Three hours passed swiftly. Nash covered the blushing Tatiana with a silk quilt, then returned to his study of array patterns by the window until the next morning. By that time, he had reached the 45th page.

On the windowsill sat eight stones now bearing carved array patterns. With the others done from previous days, there was now a total of 24 stones. Nash took these stones deep into the bamboo forest to test the array's effectiveness.

the Wind Pattern. Another three were etched with the Detect Pattern, and finally, two with the Earth Pattern. Combined,

instructions from the tome, Nash arranged the stones according to the 12 Heavenly Stems and

wryly noted the absence of the Hidden Pattern, essential for concealing

he found a suitable stone and added it to the array. Instantly, the area was engulfed in lightning, thunder, and flames, charring the tough stone with its power. Pleased with the array's offensive capabilities,

were designed to activate upon receiving damage. The Detect Pattern was critical for targeting as it acted like a sensor As Nash reached out for a detecting stone, it sensed his movement and emitted a ripple,

flames charged Nash with a destructive force that moved beyond the boundaries of the array at the speed of lightning. They were capable of hitting the

Anticipating this, Nash swiftly

attack with a

imagined that a large-scale array made up of thousands of patterns could potentially force back a cultivator in

number of patterns would be an immense

connected with the terrain and the forces of heaven and earth. These special

from the window of