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!”
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, “Take
her name. The penmanship was one that
the signature was shown to be dated three months ago! After a
been plotting against her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark
managed to
Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers about gifting property.
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 property transfer procedure. This is
Travis’s name
at the image. In an instant,
the agreement. I still need to look
but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis
sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back to you.”
Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you.
gnashed
him and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps further, Travis blocked her way.
expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t
could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over her.
your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives
against the law!” he hissed in a
those words and quickly left
…
reason but that she simply did not want to have anything
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