A few months later, Jeremy's company successfully went public.
Overnight, he became the hottest up-and-coming tech star.
But this newly minted big shot didn't strut around like he owned the place, as most people would have expected. If anything, he seemed subdued and low-spirited.
The public ate it up, of course. They slapped a whole pile of labels on him: low-key, reserved, steady, pragmatic, and plenty more besides.
Plenty of people around me kept showering me with congratulations, gushing that I had the sharpest eye ever, that I'd spotted how special Jeremy was the second I laid eyes on him.
I just found the whole thing hilarious. I ignored all of those comments entirely.
Another half a year passed, and all the loose ends were tied up. I reached out to him to arrange a schedule fo
