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!”

turned to the last page of the document and pushed it

her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and

to be dated three months ago! After a bit of

beginning! And

so angry that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do

conned her into signing anything, but she could

explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s mine. Based on the law, I don’t have

went on his phone for a moment before showing a

Travis’s name

an instant, she was unable to

rapped his knuckles on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I

light but firm. Before she figured out all the

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

sign it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s

gnashed his teeth.

picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she

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

But she could not show

“If they

“Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a

out those words

…

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

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