My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 8

After drying his hair, Nash sat on the sofa and took out his phone to continue browsing through the contact numbers. 

When he heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom, he turned his head to look.

Unfortunately, he could not see anything.

He could not help but mutter, “We’re about to get married. Why is she still putting her guard up against me?”

He lowered his head and found a phone number saved as ‘Chatty Skye’.

As soon as he dialed the number, someone answered immediately.

“I’ve been waiting for your call like I look forward to the stars and the moon at night, Nashy. It’s been three years since we last saw each other, and my longing for you is like the surging river, continuous and overflowing, forever unstoppable like…”

“Shut up…”

“Yes, Sir!”

“Did you make any progress on the information I asked you to investigate?” Nash asked in a calm tone.

“I did find something, but…”

“Spit it!” Nash’s tone turned cold.

“20 years ago, a fire broke out in Young Family Village. At that time, Master Calcraft happened to be passing by Young Family Village while traveling down the mountain. He rescued two people from the fire, a child of about two years old and an old man! The following year, Master Calcraft came down from the mountain to practice medicine and brought along a toddler who had just learned to walk. From this, we can deduce that the child who escaped from the fire was you, Nash!”

“What about the old man?” Nash squinted his eyes and asked.

“The old man is none other than Herman Lewis!”

“Is there anything else?” Nash asked in a slightly hoarse voice. “An entire village was burned, and no one escaped. Someone must have wanted to eliminate everyone, right?”

“I haven’t found any information about that yet… If I do, I’ll inform you immediately, Nash!”

“Okay.”

Nash hung up the phone and slowly lay down on the sofa.

Ever since he could remember, he had thought that his master was his grandfather.

He had asked about his parents, but his master never said a word.

For over 20 years, his identity had always been a mystery.

It was not until three years ago when he was entrusted to help the Skyes deal with the fifth-ranked assassin on the hit list, the Dark Dragon King, that he became acquainted with Theo Skye, the eldest son of the Skye family.

He learned that Theo managed dozens of detective agencies in the country, and Nash willingly put up a 150 million dollar reward just to investigate his own identity.

However, due to this matter, his master had forbidden him from leaving for three years.

After this investigation by Theo… everything was explained clearly.

The reason why his master never mentioned his identity was that all of his family members had perished, and his master was worried that he would lose his sanity due to hatred and fall into the path of darkness.

It was not until Nash achieved success in his cultivation that his master allowed him to look for Herman.

That was why Herman treated Nash as his own.

Just then, the bathroom door opened.

Hera walked out wearing a set of pink pajamas, with a towel wrapped around her head.

She approached Nash, blushing and with her hands behind her back. “Um… I accidentally washed your underwear until it fell apart…”

Nash’s face turned red. “Didn’t I throw it in the trash can?”

That pair of underwear had been worn for three years and was already in a sorry state. If it were not for the three-year ban imposed by Master, he would have had at least a pair of good underwear.

“Maybe you didn’t throw it in properly!!!” Hera almost died of embarrassment.

She thought Nash left his underwear there for her to wash.

Who knew how many years he had been wearing that underwear, just a little rub and it turned into fibers!

Nash tilted his head and looked at Hera’s hands behind her back.

She immediately turned away to avoid his gaze and then ran toward the trash can.

After a while, while applying a face mask, she said, “Tonight, you sleep on the bed and I’ll sleep on the couch!”

Nash smiled inwardly and pretended to be surprised as he said, “I’m your fiance. Shouldn’t we sleep together?”