I see business majors get a lot of flak and it's honestly so funny to me. The worst classmates I ever had was when I was studying Bio. Didn't care about each other, would never help you even if you were on the doors of death, and mostly just sucked.

My business classmates on the other hand? They go out of their way to help, will assist you every chance they get if you're confused in a class, and have some pretty positive views. They actually feel like classmates rather than just people I have lectures with.

It was never really a love triangle

Jeremiah's Cabo incident isn't even what makes him the wrong boy for Belly. It's more the final nail in the coffin.

He has never, not a day in his life, had true, genuine romantic feelings towards Belly and you cannot convince me otherwise. To him, Belly is the one thing he can win over his brother. The one thing he can have that Conrad doesn't, the one person who should choose him over Connie. Let's be real, Laurel is Conrad's person, Steven is clearly closer to Connie and likes him more, their dad (who Jeremiah clearly idolises in a way and refuses to see in a negative light- despite him being a terrible father and husband) cares more about Conrad, Belly has been in love with Conrad all this time. Even Susannah, who yes, absolutely loved Jeremiah, clearly held Conrad to a higher regard.

So here's this final person in their family who he can take advantage of, because she's been in love with Conrad, but he hasn't been very direct with his affection towards her (because he has been affectionate with her, just not direct enough to clear through her insecurities and make her realise it). So what does he do? Goes on a "Conrad sucks" mission, trying to sabotage him in front of the person who has always seen this ideal version of him. Everyone but Belly understands that Conrad is human and isn't perfect. So she's the one that will struggle to cope with having the rose tinted lenses snatched from her face so that she can see the real him; broken, struggling, often cold- even towards her.

Mr. Jeremy Fisher swoops in and takes every chance he can get to convince Belly that because his brother doesn't go around acting like a puppy the way he does, he has to be the world's biggest jerk. Which is funny considering that title so clearly belongs to their father, who he always makes excuses for. Somehow that well of excuses dries up when it comes to his brother.

This very obvious but mostly underlying issue he has with Conrad, rooted in insecurity and jealousy, permeates into his feelings for Belly. He's not going after her because he truly wants her, it's also because he wants to hurt Conrad. Wants to win over him, for once in their lives.

He sees them almost kiss on the fourth, and knows that he is about to lose the one person in their family (I know it's weird to call them family considering yk😭but clearly they're a family in a sense) that could still love him more. So he sabotages what would have been their first kiss (sabotage really seems to be his brand). So at this point, he knows Conrad most likely reciprocates Belly's feelings. The normal thing to do in this case would be to let your brother, and your best friend who's been in love with him for years, to explore their feelings.

But clearly, Jeremiah doesn't really understand normalcy when it comes to Conrad. No dear, he is far too blinded by the envy that can only exist in the heart of a younger sibling who knows they will never be good enough. And so he pursues a "fling" with Belly.

Two other point that clearly demonstrates the difference between Conrad and Jeremiah's feelings:

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