The Billionaire Heir Fell for the Wrong Girl (Hathaway Whitmore) novel Chapter 122

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As Leo drove Hathaway back to the Whitmore Villa, they unexpectedly saw Lucas outside, apparently in a heated argument with Avery.

“Lucas?” Leo blurted out, clearly surprised.

He hadn’t expected Lucas to be back. He quickly realized that with Jeremiah’s engagement, Alistair must have allowed Lucas to return for the day.

Hathaway quickly got out of the car and jogged over.

“Hathaway!” Avery snapped.

Whenever he called her so sharply, it meant he was seriously upset. He always doted on her and would never lose his temper like this unless something big was going on.

“W–What’s wrong?” Hathaway stammered, stopping in her tracks.

Lucas looked up at her. It had been months since they’d last seen each other, and his gaze was intense, unreadable, and filled with complicated emotions.

Avery snapped, “Hathaway, Lucas says you risked your life on the overpass for the Whitmore family! He said I’m a coward who hides behind his Hathaway. He said I’m not fit to be your brother!

“He said you’d do anything for Whitmore Group, no matter what it takes!”

Avery kept going, his voice rising. “Hathaway, if you love Whitmore Group so much that you’d throw your life away for it, then you know what? Take all the shares. They’re yours!”

“No. Avery,” Hathaway said, frowning. “Don’t let a few words from someone else get to you.

“Don’t you see they’re always trying to stir things up between us? How was I supposed to know who was in that car? Do I look like a mind reader or something? Like I could’ve predicted that?”

Once Avery calmed down, he realized there was no way Hathaway could’ve known what was going to happen.

But Lucas’s snide comment earlier was like a thorn digging right into Avery’s heart. “Look at you, Avery Hathaway’s done everything for you. He even got the Ministry of National Defense on your side.”

Avery’s face darkened with rage, his anger nearly spilling over.

Hathaway quickly stepped forward, her voice gentle as she tried to calm him. “Avery, go inside

Avery shot Lucas a deadly glare, let out a cold, dismissive snart, and stride through the iron gate. Only then did Hathaway turn around, the grotteriess in her eyes gone, replaced by pure anger Lucas, whatever I do is none of your business! Quit talking crag about me to my brother‘

Lasca stared at her, his voice cold and hard. “Then tell the why did you risk your life can that overpass Wax

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so you could get in good with the big shots?

“Did Avery push you into it? If Avery was really all that, would you need to go this crazy, Hathaway?

“You’re really overthinking this,” Hathaway said, feeling a wave of exhaustion and irritation. Tm not othe psychic who can see the future. I had no idea who was in that car.

“And for the record, none of this is your business, Leo’s still my friend, but you? You’re not on my list. So don’t get ahead of yourself.

Lucas’s voice dropped, cold and heavy. “Why is Leo your friend, but I’m not?”

Hathaway lowered her gaze. “Maybe you should ask yourself what you’ve done,”

“What exactly did I do?” Lucas grumbled.

‘Maybe you didn’t do anything this time, but in the last one… she thought.

“You’re always mocking me, shoving me into the water so many times I’ve lost track,” Hathaway said, not wanting to waste another breath on him. “Just leave me alone. I don’t ever want to see you again.”

Lucas scoffed, “You don’t ever want to see me again?”

“And you don’t want me calling you ever again, right?”

“Great. That’s what you want, isn’t it? Hathaway, I will never talk to you again.”

Lucas strode to his car, not sparing her a single glance. The door slammed shut with a heavy thud, the engine roared to life, and he sped off, leaving nothing but a trail of exhaust and a final, unyielding goodbye.

Leo shrank back in the driver’s seat, barely daring to breathe, afraid he’d get caught in the crossfire.

It wasn’t until the engine noise faded into the distance and Lucas’s car disappeared that he finally dared to sit up straight.

He really hadn’t expected Lucas to have feelings for Hathaway.

He instinctively glanced at Hathaway, but instead of sadness, her face looked like a weight had finally been lifted off her shoulders. She didn’t linger, turning and heading straight into the house.

Inside, Celeste was quietly reassuring Avery, who looked pretty shaken. “Hey, Hathaway only ever does things for the family. She’d never hurt us. Don’t let what people outside say mess with your head”

When Hathaway walked in, Celeste said, “Your brother’s worried about you. Promise me you won’t de anything crazy like that again”

Celeste, Avery, I swear, I won’t do anything dangerous ever again. Hathaway said

With that, she turned and headed upstairs. On the was in her bedroom, sh locked the door behind her

She pulled a small, white tooth from her driver and held it in her hand. It was so light, it felt like it weighed

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nothing, like the fleeting life she once had.

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Half a month ago, after Alan and his team finished their mission, she immediately closed out the lease on the suburban house and had them leave Wuliare, heading back to Monarcia

To keep her whereabouts under wraps and avoid suspicion, Hathaway didn’t show up to say goodbye.

A few days ago, she’d already handed over the item she’d acquired to Griffin, who promised it wouldn’t go through the Bayridge authorities. She watched his secretary lock it away with her own eyes.

Everything was set. Now, all she had to do was wait for tomorrow.

“Why was her heart still so restless? Hathaway wondered.

The next morning. Hathaway woke up and fumbled for her phone on the nightstand.

As soon as she unlocked it, her screen was blasted with notifications. Jeremiah and Jessica were getting engaged today.

Every major news outlet had it as their top story, and her phone was blowing up with unread messages.

[Blackwood Group CEO, Jeremiah, has purchased a 3–billion–dollar estate, nestled among a cluster of luxury villas on the mountainside.]

[Bayridge’s golden boy, Mr. Blackwood, is about to tie the knot. He’s getting engaged to his girlfriend today, and their relationship is rock solid.]

[Blackwood Group has announced the launch of a new charity fund, with Jessica as its director:]

Even the college group chat was buzzing.

[Jessica’s really got it all. Fresh off claiming the championship, she was also set to become the future mistress of the billion–dollar mansion.]

[Seriously.]

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