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!”

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

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

to be dated three months ago! After a bit of

against her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark

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

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

it. I’ve had this 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 way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to

only Travis’s name

at the image. In an instant, she was unable to

knuckles on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still

firm. Before she figured out

irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s

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

gnashed his teeth.

picked up her

voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t

show

“If they have decided

he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered

Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was still stunned.

…

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

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