CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

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.

I was overwhelmed by your good looks and may have over-reacted! Don't be scared!” Sally

“Okay!” Jared nodded.

let's go into the house.” Natalie held on to Jared's hand and brought him

and started chatting with Jared. Natalie's words had assured him, so he was less nervous and able

to her questions in a natural tone of voice and was no

they entered the house, Natalie brought Jared up to meet the

to

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

when they saw Jared, and they happily

injuries worried him. “Nat, what's with the injuries on Connor and Sharon?”

darted about as she lied to 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

nodded and did not read too much into it. He believed everything she said

with the kids and went

few days were hectic for Natalie as she had to meet up with

to give their best, and their designs and material used had to complement

came up with a jarringly different design from the rest of the team,

so they had to pay more attention

soon, a

the final day of the competition, the decisive

clothing for people with special needs was a huge challenge for the designers, and

she too, was obviously more tired-looking than usual, and there were dark circles under