The Billionaire Heir Fell for the Wrong Girl (Hathaway Whitmore) novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Hathaway was driving Avery’s car, feeling a bit lost and unsure where to go

Just then, her phone rang.

Half an hour later, she pulled up in front of a cozy café.

Zachary was sitting by the window, looking clean and gentle, with soft, clear eyes.

Hathaway was surprised that Zachary, who had chatted with her for so long, would turn out to be Mia’s half- brother.

Why do I always end up tangled with the Blackwood family? Hathaway wondered.

Feeling a bit guilty, Hathaway walked over and took a seat across from him.

“Wow, that was fast,” Zachary said with a warm smile as he stood up. “Take a seat.”

“I happened to be nearby,” Hathaway said apologetically as she sat down. “Sorry about what happened yesterday, Zachary

“I didn’t come here to accuse you,” Zachary said, looking at Hathaway as she lowered her gaze. Vivian is Vivian, and I’m me. We’ve never really been close. Don’t you trust me?”

Hathaway glanced up, surprised. “It’s not that I don’t trust you, I’m really sorry.

“The company has to avoid risks. Even if I agreed, my brother would never allow a competitor’s family member to be placed in a key department.”

Hathaway felt more embarrassed, she looked down, trying to hide the sting in her eyes.

Zachary smiled, “It’s smart for you and Mr. Whitmore to be careful. It was my fault for not explaining things clearly from the start. You’re not to blame,”

After all, they’d agreed from the start that it would be the R&D department, which held the company’s most sensitive data. The lines were drawn, and nobody could cross them lightly.

Zachary poured Hathaway a cup of coffee, his voice gentle. Let’s try to understand each other”

Hathaway smiled, “Yeah, that sounds good.”

She felt a weight lift off her shoulders.

Zachary started talking about his past. “I grew up in Oliwand and went to school thee, The clices wery way too easy for me, especially math.

Taring summer break, my dad secretly sent me sapunom

gifted program ip Marcia without telling my

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“That’s where I met Jeremiah. All the top kids from different grades and backgrounds were thrown together. geeking out over math all day.

“Jeremiah was the first to spot my dad’s car picking me up. That’s when he realized who I really was I thougia he’d immediately tell his aunt, but he chose to keep quiet. After that, we slowly became friends.

“Right before I was about to head back to Oliwand, my dad finally found out that Jeremiah was also in the gifted program.”

“He was always a bit intimidated by my stepmom,” Zachary said, his tone flat as he mentioned Vivian From what I remember, she was gorgeous, but definitely not someone you’d want to mess with.

“I guess they got together for the money. Later, I went to Monarcia, but I still kept in touch with Jeremiah”

Hathaway thought to herself, “They’re both the genius type. No wonder they really click.

Even when it comes to girlfriends, Jeremiah only goes for the brainy ones. Jessica was always a straight–A student

Zachary asked, “So, can we still be friends?”

Hathaway nodded. “Yeah, sure.”

Zachary grinned and took out his new phone. “Here’s my new number for Monarcia. Mind adding me again?

“Of course,” Hathaway said.

They exchanged numbers and reconnected.

With all their worries and awkwardness out in the open, things felt a lot lighter between them.

Zachary said, “Since you’re not taking me in, I might take up Jeremiah’s offer at Blackwood Tech. He’s been trying to recruit me for ages.”

Hathaway felt a little sour inside. ‘So he’s choosing Jeremiah after all, she thought, nodding quietly.

Back in her previous life, Zachary had joined Blackwood Tech and stuck around for years. He actually hard a pretty good run there.

Yeah, I can pretty much guess how this is going to go. Hathaway thought

The Sutton family business would probably end up in Mia’s hands. Even if Mia was the business type, Vivian would bring in a son–in–law she liked to take over for her

People naturally favored their own kids. But Vistan was so cold and ruthless toward her ex–husband’s child that it honestly left Hathaway speechless.

When Hathaway got bore, she anked Sylvia abour Vivian’s past

Sylvia paused, dun jet out a soft sigh “Back then, Edmund winted your dad to marry Vivian, and she was all for it. But your dad already had his heart ser on me, so the upped her down.

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“Not long after, Vivian married Mr. Sutton, but he’d already been married once before”

Hathaway was shocked. She never realized Vivian’s hostility toward her had started way back, way before the ever got close to Jeremiah.

Hathaway always thought Vivian saw her as not good enough for Jeremiah, but turns out, there was a whole old feud simmering underneath the surface.

Hathaway went back to her room and closed the door behind her.

She was reading for a while when she heard a knock at the door.

When she looked up, Avery had already walked in. “Why didn’t you go to work today?”

“Yeah, I’m a bit tired.”

“By the way, I’ve searched all over for the company stamp we need for the contract with Jeremiah, but it’s nowhere to be found.”

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