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!”

He turned to the last page of the document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be and said, “Take

was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar

three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have

beginning! And yet she had been kept in

finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do

into signing anything, but she could

her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s mine. Based on the

the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new property deed—”

was only Travis’s name

In an

back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after

it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the

sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to

repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see

gnashed

picked up her bag and rose

his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause a scene at your hotel again?”

afraid. But she could not show it, or else

smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided

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

out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis

…

not actually drag things out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but

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