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.

and may

“Okay!” Jared nodded.

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

Jared. Natalie's words had assured him, so he was less nervous and able to converse normally with Sally

in a natural

Natalie

lying on the bed, unable to move due to the many bandages she had

without any pain. He was seated next to Sharon with a storybook and reading

lit up when they saw

was elated to see them, but the sight of their injuries worried him.

eyes 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 would not be prepared for the dark and evil things that happened. She

it. He believed everything

Natalie left him with the kids

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

the team had to give their best, and their

did a lousy job or came up with a jarringly different design from the rest of the team, the

the team, so they had to pay more attention to

flew by, and soon, a

final day of the competition, the

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

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