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!”

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

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

was shown to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating,

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

trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted

she could not

the last few words. “You’ve

his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa.

Travis’s name on

In an instant, she was unable

and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have time to waste with you here.”

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

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

it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things

gnashed his

then picked up her bag and rose from her seat.

what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause a scene at your hotel

could not show it, or

they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two million

a

out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was still

…

other reason but that she simply did

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