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.

asked me whether Patrick was dating a girl, and

and sent Yaritza abroad, putting

moment on, Patrick held a grudge against me. On that same day, he sent some thugs to hit me and even conspired to make

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

you'll know what you

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

so I had

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

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

go to Harvard

I would live a life without

or you'll know what to

classes, Patrick leaned over from the desk in front

top school, but while he had earned his place through his own abilities, I

doesn't as smart as Patrick. Must be because they're not actually

number one in

not been the same studious person he was in our past lives. Back then, he had focused entirely on dating and

left blank, he could not be bothered