Seven Years of Marriage with Jake

Chapter 72

Chapter 4

I liked Patrick, and that was my biggest secret.

Before Yaritza appeared, he was the brother I adored and looked up to the most.

He would help me with my homework patiently and travel miles just to buy my favorite little cakes.

On the anniversaries of my parents' deaths, he would always be by my side, sharing my grief.

He once said, "You will never be alone. No matter when or where, I will always be there for you."

Over time, my feelings for Patrick shifted from simple reliance to a deeper affection.

in the past. My feelings for him disappeared the moment he sent people to

imagined he would find out about my feelings,

emotions of shame

but now

matter. I love

rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart

being carried away on a stretcher, Patrick and Yaritza ran to

the microphone, Patrick proclaimed with deep affection, "I love Yaritza. In my heart, she will be my only

one can separate us! Not my dad, not the

moved by his words,

end

only became fodder for their classmates to mimic but also caused the principal, who was drinking water at the time, to choke and cough violently. Both were suspended from school for two weeks as punishment. Patrick, furious at Dustin, thought his father didn't support

two-week suspension, he refused to visit Dustin in the hospital even

I was deeply grateful to this middle-aged man, who, despite his stern exterior,