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.

me whether Patrick was dating a girl, and I remained

sent

me. On that same day, he sent some thugs to hit me and even conspired to make me miss the most

blood as I looked

know what you

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

I had to make a living washing dishes, relying

fulfill his dream of getting into Harvard University. Riding the wave of the internet boom, he

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

would go to Harvard

live a life

your mouth shut, or you'll know what to

the desk in front of me and whispered in a threatening

he had earned his

as smart as Patrick. Must be because they're not actually related by

number

studious person he was in our past lives. Back then, he had focused entirely

his exam papers were left blank, he could not be bothered to take notes, and he hardly paid attention