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!”

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 closer

was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like

After a bit of calculating, it must have

since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the

She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember signing

she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these

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 on the law, I don’t have the obligation to give you even a square foot

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

Travis’s

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

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

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

you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s

with you. Let’s

gnashed his

up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two

voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause a scene at your hotel again?”

she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over

back and ask your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have

the law!” he hissed in a low tone

can get them to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe

…

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

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