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!”

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 Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to

one that she was most familiar

After a bit of

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

finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember

into signing anything, but she could not

agreement notarized.” Travis refused to give her 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

for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer

Travis’s

the image. In an instant, she was unable

I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have time to waste

won’t sign it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff

serious?” Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house

sign it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out the longest.”

gnashed his

bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she

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

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show

face. “If they have decided

is against the law!” he hissed in a

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

…

out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she

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