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!”
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
her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like
ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber got pregnant.
had been plotting against her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in
was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do
did not know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not
to give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words.
and by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer
Travis’s name on it.
at the image. In an
and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after
was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would
don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it
repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out
Travis gnashed his
and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag
expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid
Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage
A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in
expression shifted a little. “Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even
those words and quickly left the cafe while
…
could not actually drag things out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason
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