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!”

to the last page of the document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His

words “Party A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like it

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

been plotting against her since the beginning! And yet

was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted

had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like

this 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

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

only Travis’s name on it.

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

to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look

Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it

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

mind wasting time with you. Let’s

Travis gnashed

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

savage. “You know what my parents are like.

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage

“If they

a low tone even

Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left

…

Not for any other reason but that she simply did

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