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 not 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 Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be and said,

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

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

the beginning! And yet she had been

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

but she could not

notarized.” Travis refused to give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve

went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This

was only Travis’s

the image. In an instant, she

agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I

figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal,

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

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

Travis gnashed his teeth.

him and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her

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

show it, or else Travis would have leverage

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

against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as

to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left

…

Not for any other reason but

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