My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

Chapter 2022

"Happy birthday!"

The sound of party crackers being pulled rang out.

Members of the Lewis family popped out from behind the door, and they were accompanied by Theo, Sienna, Tatiana, Melody, and several others.

Nash was surprised by the number of people who suddenly appeared.

Hera grinned victoriously.

"Haha, look, look! He got scared!"

"Hahaha, you're right! This is the first time I've seen Nash get this scared!" Theo was grinning so widely that the corners of his lips were about to reach his ears. Everybody seemed particularly chuffed about the fact they had managed to frighten Nash. "W-What are you guys doing?" Nash asked, unable to make sense of things as he scratched his head.

Harrison stepped forth and explained what was going on.

"We heard from Hera that it's your birthday today, so we decided to surprise you. What do you think? Are you happy?!"

Seeing how excited everyone was, Nash put a smile on his face. However, his gaze darted around sheepishly as he stuttered out his next sentence, "Oh! Yes, I'm really happy! Thank you so much!"

a reason for Nash's forced happiness-he had no idea when his actual birthday was and had never been really bothered about it. When he lived with his mentor in the mountains, the date he got adopted was set as his birthday. However, that day was like any other day to Nash, and he had never been fussed

while drawing in a deep breath, his eyes crinkling

Everybody took their seats.

all around the same age, other

same circle, so the conversation

knock was heard from the Lewis

door opened, a young man with his hair pulled back into a braid walked in. He wore a suit that seemed to clash with the rest of his features, which were set in an excited expression. In his hands were two bottles of expensive wine. "Oh my, oh my! I'm here

he gazed at the young man who gave off the air of a ruffian despite

man walked in, the look

whispered, "Nash, who

was able to see his spirit back when he was at the Northern Territory's borders, that meant his powers were

said you aren't

Are you treating me like some sort of terrorist?" the

us why you're here. What

who are you?"

a happy day,

youngster's sudden a

plenty

so cold, Master Nash. I have no ill

had