Jared gave a poker-faced nod.
"So Agnes just said you guys work together, what do you do exactly?"
Jared answered casually, "Just a regular job."
Mariela chuckled, changing the subject, "Agnes has got a good eye. You're clearly a very good person."
Jared didn't seem interested in small talk, he turned to leave the room.
Mariela called out to him, "Jared, could you do me a favor?"
Jared turned around.
Mariela gave a small smile, "There seems to be something wrong with my laptop, could you take a look?"
By then, Mariela had picked up the laptop from the desk and walked over to Jared, "I have to work tonight but my computer just froze and there are some important files on it that haven't been backed up yet.. Really sorry for the trouble, Jared."
Jared furrowed his brows slightly.
He sat down on the single-seater couch in the room, starting up the computer. The screen was black.
Jared tweaked a few programs and restarted the computer. In just a few minutes, the computer was back to normal.
Mariela had just brought over a cup of coffee, only to see that the computer was already up and running.
Mariela exclaimed in surprise, "Jared, you're really amazing."
With that, she handed him the cup of coffee, "This is a coffee my friend brought over, give it a try."
Before Jared could reach for it, Mariela's hand shook and a cup of coffee spilled onto Jared's pants. Mariela cried out in surprise, "I'm sorry."
She quickly grabbed some tissues from the table and prepared to wipe Jared's pants.
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