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

that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most

shown to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been

since the beginning! And yet she had been kept

finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I

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

or not you remember, you did sign it. I’ve had this agreement notarized.” Travis refused to give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the

and by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the

was only Travis’s

the image. In an instant, she was unable

the agreement. I still need to

I won’t sign it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let

scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house

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

gnashed his teeth.

then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps further,

my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause a scene at your hotel

afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over her.

they have decided to use their own

he hissed in a low tone even as a

those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was still stunned.

…

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

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