The Billionaire Heir Fell for the Wrong Girl (Hathaway Whitmore) novel Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Chapter 88

Hathaway was about to resist and unlock the door when Jeremiah’s face darkened.

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He reached out, grabbed her arm, and yanked her back. He looked down at her, his eyes as dark as night, the pressure between them almost suffocating.

“Now it’s so hard for you to say a word? Who was the one always clinging to me before?” Jeremiah said.

Hathaway felt a bit uncomfortable. “That was when we were kids.”

“You call being a sophomore or junior in college being a kid?” Jeremiah shot back.

Hathaway’s face turned cold. “What exactly do you want?”

Jeremiah’s eyes narrowed. “Why are Whitmore Group’s products exactly like what I had in mind? How do you know what I’m thinking?

“Hathaway, how do you know about this stuff? You’d better explain yourself, or you could end up in jail.”

Hathaway shot back, “Don’t try to scare me.”

Jeremiah watched her subtle reactions, his expression growing more serious.

Seeing he wasn’t joking, Hathaway lowered her head and fiddled with her nails. “Someone else taught me.”

“Who?” Jeremiah pressed.

Hathaway kept her head down, and Jeremiah could only see the top of her head with the hair clip in her hair. Jeremiah’s gaze grew colder. “Cat got your tongue?”

Hathaway looked up. “It’s a book named A Thousand Python Algorithms.”

She shrugged. “Once you really dig into it, those ideas pop up.”

Jeremiah was stunned.

‘Wait, is she saying she learned all that from a book?’ Jeremiah thought.

Back in sophomore year, Jeremiah and his mentor compiled that book in his studio.

Blackwood Tech was already running, and he was bored enough to start collecting case studies.

Only one professor helped, and they only published a single edition. When the publisher wanted a reprint, Jeremiah shut it down, so hardly anyone ever saw it.

Even his parents had no clue. When the publisher tried to send him a sample copy, he didn’t bother to accept it.

‘Hathaway’s saying she learned all that from that book?’ Jeremiah thought. ‘But honestly, that’s possible.

After all, that book was born from his ideas.

“I read a book, followed the ideas in it and really dug into them, and that’s how I came up with the product ideas,” Hathaway said.

Her tone was laced with sarcasm. “Business is a two-way street, Mr. Blackwood. You’re not going to throw a fit because you’re losing, are you?”

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With that, she turned the doorknob and walked out first.

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Jeremiah stood there for a moment after the door clicked shut. Then he took out his phone and dialed “Professor, do you happen to know someone named Hathaway Whitmore?”

his

mentor.

His mentor’s voice came through the phone. “Jeremiah, it’s been a while. I don’t know anyone by that name.

“By the way, I was about to ask you something. The school wants you to come back and give a lecture, share your experience with the students. You’ve always been the pride of our department.”

“I’ll make time for the lecture.” Jeremiah didn’t refuse. “I’d like to come visit you sometime soon.”

His mentor hadn’t expected Jeremiah to agree to the lecture, let alone say he’d come visit. “That’s great.”

After a few more pleasantries, his mentor hung up, clearly pleased.

Once the call ended, the chill around Jeremiah returned. The warmth he’d shown his mentor disappeared without a trace

“Jeremiah.” Jessica knocked on the door, her brows furrowed as she stepped inside. “So, what did you and Hathaway talk about?”

She’d come over as soon as she saw Hathaway was back.

“It’s nothing.” Jeremiah let his guard down and walked out with Jessica. “I had a few things I needed to clear up.”

“Did you get things straight?” Jessica pressed.

Jessica didn’t really care if he got it sorted out or not; she didn’t want things to stay so unclear between them.

Jeremiah nodded.

As they returned to their seats, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Nobody wanted the atmosphere to get awkward, especially Lucas. He was tense, hating the idea of Hathaway getting tangled up with Jeremiah right in front of him.

After the meeting, Leo specifically called out to Calvin. “Calvin, Hathaway came straight from the airport and doesn’t have a car. Can you give her a ride home?”

Calvin nodded without a second thought. “Sure.”

Hathaway got into Calvin’s car, and the whole drive was quiet.

She’d always noticed how Calvin was so reserved, always a background character, never drawing attention to himself.

But it was this same quiet guy who lent her 15 million dollars when she had nowhere else to turn.

Even though Leo was the middleman. Maybe Calvin did it because of Leo.

The only sound in the car was the soft hum of the engine. Suddenly, Hathaway spoke up in a low voice, “Calvin, do you have someone you like?”

Calvin’s grip on the steering wheel tightened, his eyes still fixed on the road. After a few seconds of silence, he said, “Yeah. But she’s already married.”

After that, Jeremiah didn’t reach out to Hathaway again. He must have given up.

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Hathaway slowly got back into her routine, focusing on work and finding her peace again. She was out early and back late every day, and honestly, she was glad Jeremiah hadn’t tried to contact her.

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