Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 7

“What the hell do you mean?” Larissa was no longer able to keep calm, and she leaped to her feet, scaring the waiter who had brought her drink over.

“Your—your lemon tea, miss.” The waiter put the cup on the table nervously, his eyes darting between the two before leaving. Even then, he kept turning back to look at them.

Having been interrupted like that, Larissa recognized that she was in a public setting and somewhat restrained her discontent.

“I paid the down payment, and I’ve been paying the monthly mortgage too. If the house has nothing to do with me, then who else could it belong to?” She struggled to keep her voice low enough so that only the two of them could hear.

Hearing this, Travis unhurriedly retrieved yet another document from his ever-present briefcase.

“Take a look at this.”

On the top of the first page, bold letters announced the document to be an agreement for the gifting of property. Larissa’s gaze stopped at the title for two seconds before she began reading quickly—

Gifter: Larissa Seymour (hereinafter referred to as Party A”)

Giftee: Travis Hardy (hereinafter referred to as Party B)

The gift was precisely the house that they lived in after their marriage.

“What are you showing me this for? You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a cold smile. “I’m telling you, Hardy, dream on!”

to the last page of the document and pushed it

the words “Party A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was

be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber got pregnant.

her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in

so angry that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do

how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely

an explanation and simply emphasized the last few

the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a

was only Travis’s name on it.

In an instant, she was unable to

I still need to look after Amber at the hospital.

sign it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she

don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give

“I don’t mind wasting time with you.

gnashed his

bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose

his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my

show it, or else Travis would have

mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided

is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered through

them to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis

…

reason but that she simply did

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