Seven Years of Marriage with Jake

Chapter 69

Love Story 6-Chapter 1

The school hunk, Patrick Carroll, was now dating the school belle, Yaritza Hurley.

Patrick was the top-ranked academic genius who always held the number one spot, while Yaritza was the stunning beauty who could rival Helen of Troy.

When their official relationship announcement hit, it sent the entire school into an uproar.

While the whole class buzzed with excitement, I just sat quietly in my seat, immersed in study.

Curious classmates soon gathered around me, asking, "Averie, come on, be honest! When did your brother start dating Yaritza?!"

Patrick was my brother, at least in name.

When I was six years old, my parents' company went bankrupt, forcing them to take the desperate route of jumping to their deaths.

Patrick's father, Dustin Carroll, who had been my father's business partner for many years, took me in. Since then, I have been living with their family as their daughter, Averie Carroll, in name only. "I don't know."

I responded coldly, my face indifferent.

life, Dustin asked me whether Patrick was dating a girl, and

and sent Yaritza abroad, putting an abrupt end to their

moment on, Patrick held a grudge against me. On that same day, he sent some thugs to

vividly, sitting there covered in blood as I looked at him.

what you should never tell my

I felt my breath grow rapidly, and a deep, endless hatred

go to university and couldn't speak, so I had to make a living

managed to fulfill his dream of getting into Harvard University. Riding the wave of the internet boom, he soared to great heights in his

This comment left his wife blushing with embarrassment. Now that given a second chance, I was determined to seize it tightly. I would not allow myself to suffer the

would go

live

keep your mouth shut, or you'll

over from the desk in front of me and whispered in a

while he had earned his place through his own abilities, I had only

back, "She doesn't as smart

number one in

our rebirth, he had not been the same studious person he was in our past lives. Back then, he

not be bothered