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

sent Yaritza abroad, putting an abrupt end to their

that same day, he sent some thugs to hit me and even conspired

could still remember that day vividly, sitting there covered in blood as I looked at him. He sneered arrogantly, his

what you should never tell my

I felt my breath grow rapidly, and a deep,

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

Harvard University. Riding the wave of the internet boom, he

married 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 tightly. I would not allow myself to suffer the same fate as in my

go

live

shut, or you'll know what

classes, Patrick leaned over from the desk

earned his place through his own abilities, I had only

back, "She doesn't as smart as Patrick. Must be because they're not actually related by

undefeated number one in our

studious person he was in our past lives.

his exam papers were left blank, he could not be bothered to take notes,