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.

filled with playful banter

wonderful night

out for

forget to

browsing through this nonsense before putting down my phone and resuming my math

grades were not that outstanding, but they were enough to

I had forgotten quite a bit, and relearning everything

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

have breakfast and

"Averie, please be honest with me. Is Patrick dating

"I don't know, Dustin."

bear to lie to Dustin that I remained silent, which led to Patrick's retaliation. This time, I

a mess of his

of my life, how could I possibly have

had come back. He glanced at

to me where you were last

Dustin asked sharply.

Patrick had always been well-behaved and