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!”

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

her name. The penmanship was one

months ago! After a bit

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

trembling. She finally managed to speak through

signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers

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

Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa.

Travis’s name on

an

up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after

firm. Before she figured out all

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

Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things

Travis gnashed his teeth.

it on the table. She then picked up

through carefully.” He lowered his voice, his 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 over her.

on her face. “If they have decided to use

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

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

…

forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with

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