Seven Years of Marriage with Jake

Chapter 70

Chapter 2

The Carroll family was not excessively wealthy, but still with a few million dollars in assets to their name.

Naturally, Patrick spared no expense when it came to Yaritza.

He would take her on shopping sprees for the latest bags of the Miu Miu brand, buying up entire collections of merchandise from her favorite anime in one go.

For her birthday, he gifted her a big diamond ring.

In an upscale sky-high restaurant with live music, Patrick dropped to one knee, his eyes filled with fiery sincerity. "Yaritza, will you marry me? We may not be old enough to get a marriage license yet, but trust me, you'll be my wife one day!" Yaritza, overwhelmed with emotion, replied tearfully, "I... I would like to!"

As the crowd around them cheered wildly, they kissed each other passionately.

Later that night, Yaritza posted on her social media: [Being loved feels like having a fortress to lean on, and he is my fortress.]

The accompanying picture showed a large bed in a hotel room. A muscular arm wrapped around the delicate shoulder of a girl, both of them partially covered by a white duvet.

The meaning behind the image was obvious.

with playful banter from their

wonderful night

your wife out

to

through this nonsense before putting down my phone and

not that outstanding, but they were enough to get me into a good

given how much time had passed, I had forgotten quite a bit, and relearning everything was proving to be

essential breaks for eating and sleeping, I devoted almost all my time to studying. I woke up half an hour earlier each day to memorize my notes and reviewed key concepts before bed every night. Gradually, I made noticeable

next morning, I went downstairs to have breakfast and found Dustin sitting on the couch, his

his face softened a little. "Averie, please be honest with me.

"I don't know, Dustin."

because I could not bear to lie to Dustin

to make a mess of his life,

are you talking about? In such an important period of my life, how could I possibly have time for a

even notice Patrick had come back. He

explain to me where

Dustin asked sharply.

upset. Patrick had always been well-behaved and had never