“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!”

frustrated at all. In fact, there was a triumphant smirk on his face that he could not hide. He turned to the last page of the document and pushed it toward

“Party A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it

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

And yet she had been kept in

that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth.

she could not

emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house,

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

was only Travis’s name

blankly at the image. In an instant, she was unable to

knuckles on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t

she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it his

irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back to

mind wasting time with you. Let’s

Travis gnashed his teeth.

picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before

He lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you

not show it, or else Travis would have leverage

your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for

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

casually tossed out those words and quickly left

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

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