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

said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and

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

the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the

was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I

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

an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s mine. Based on the law, I don’t have the obligation to give you even

a photo to Larissa. “I’ve

was only Travis’s name on it.

stared blankly at the image. In an instant, she was

back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have time to waste

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

serious?” Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s

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

Travis gnashed his

and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two

his expression savage. “You know what my

show it, or else

her face. “If they

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

tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was

…

any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with

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