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!”

the document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger

signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most

a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber

since the beginning! And yet she had been kept

to

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

did sign it. I’ve had this agreement notarized.” Travis refused to give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words.

phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new

Travis’s name on it.

image. In an instant, she was unable to

back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I

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

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

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

gnashed his teeth.

then picked up her bag and

what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid

was afraid. But she could not show it,

smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to

a low tone even as a hint

Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left

…

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

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