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

family, and sent Yaritza abroad, putting an abrupt

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

vividly, sitting there covered in blood as I looked

what you should never tell my

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

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

into Harvard University. Riding the wave

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

would go

I would live

mouth shut, or you'll know what to

break between classes, Patrick leaned over from the desk in front of

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

classmates even whispered behind my back, "She doesn't as smart as Patrick. Must be because

number one in

same studious person he was in our past lives. Back

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