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.

Dustin asked me whether Patrick was

family, and sent Yaritza abroad, putting

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

vividly, sitting there covered in blood as I

what

previous life, I felt my breath grow rapidly, and a deep,

so I had to make a living washing dishes, relying only

hand, managed to fulfill his dream of getting into Harvard University. Riding the wave of the

a girl from high school who had secretly admired him. During a media interview, he bluntly stated that his greatest regret in life was losing his first love. This comment left his wife blushing with embarrassment. Now that given a second chance, I was determined to seize it

go to

would live a life

mouth shut, or you'll know

over from the desk in front of me and

had earned

classmates even whispered behind my back, "She doesn't as smart as

number one

person he was in our past lives. Back then, he

he could not be bothered to