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!”

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 a

was one that she was most familiar

signature was shown to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber got pregnant.

against her since the beginning! And yet she

to

not know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not

explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s mine. Based on the law, I

the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a

only Travis’s name

image. In an instant, she was

table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have

Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she

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

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

gnashed his

She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before

know what my parents are

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it,

mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two million

is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered through his

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

…

any other reason but that

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