Sally stood up straight and looked toward the back door in anticipation as Jared emerged.

When she saw Jared, her eyes lit up, and she clasped her hands in admiration and exclaimed, “Mama Mia! I see an angel!”

Natalie slapped her hand on her forehead in exasperation and huffed, “Stop being such an airhead! This is my brother, Jared.”

She patted Sally on her back to wake her up from her swooning as she made the introduction.

Sally gulped and walked toward Jared, blabbering, “Hi Angel... No, I mean, hi, Jared. How are you? I'm Sally Oswald.”

Jared was a little overwhelmed by the passion in Sally's eyes, and for a moment, he got scared and hesitated to shake her hand.

He spent most of his time either in the hospital or the art studio, so he was not used to socializing. Sally was the most bubbly girl he had met.

“That... I...” His face was red with embarrassment, and he did not know where to place his hands.

Sally giggled at that sight and gushed, “Your brother is so adorable and innocent, Nat!”

Natalie was also amused by Jared's reaction, as she had never seen him acting like this before as well.

Jared self-consciously hung his head low, afraid to meet their eyes.

“Okay, stop it, Sally. Stop teasing Jared.” Natalie rolled her eyes at Sally and went up to hold Jared's hand to assure him. “Jared, this is my friend Sally. Don't mind her. She's crazy over hunks and reacted that way because you're good-looking. Simply ignore her,” she said.

good looks and may

“Okay!” Jared nodded.

house.” Natalie held on to Jared's hand

so he was less nervous and able to converse normally with

a natural tone of voice

the house, Natalie brought Jared up

to move due to the many

had recovered well and could move around without any pain. He was seated next to Sharon with a storybook and reading to

they saw Jared,

elated to see them, but the sight of their injuries worried him. “Nat, what's with the injuries

him. She had decided not to tell him what really happened to the kids as he had lived in a sheltered and innocent world all his life. He would not be prepared for the dark and evil things that happened. She

read too much into it. He believed everything she said

that, Natalie left him with the

were hectic for Natalie as she had to meet

had to give

teammates did a lousy job or came up with a jarringly different design from the rest of the team, the overall score for the team would

break or make the team, so they had to pay

and soon,

day of the competition, the decisive

was a huge challenge for the designers,

more

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