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.

previous life, Dustin asked me whether Patrick was

hint, quickly contacted Yaritza's family, and sent Yaritza abroad, putting

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

in blood as I looked

you'll know what you should

breath grow rapidly, and a deep, endless hatred welled up in my

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

getting into Harvard University. Riding the wave of the internet boom, he soared

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 tightly. I would not allow myself to

go to

live a

mouth shut, or

the desk in front of

were both students in the elite class in the top school, but while he had earned his place through his

as smart as Patrick. Must be because they're not

the undefeated number one in our

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

blank, he could not be bothered to take notes, and he hardly