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!”
to the last page of the document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed
was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar
After a bit of calculating, it must have been
since the beginning! And yet
was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember signing these
know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like
give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words.
on his phone for a moment before showing a
was only Travis’s name on
blankly at the image. In an instant,
the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have time to
was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it his
you serious?” Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back to
mind wasting time with you.
gnashed his
20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps
savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you
was afraid. But she could not show it, or
smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for
is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic
to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe
…
other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with him anymore.
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