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!”

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 to be and said, “Take a closer look, then tell me if I’m still dreaming.”

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

be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber got

her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept

she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember signing these

not know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not

this agreement notarized.” Travis refused to give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me

way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure.

was only Travis’s

In an instant, she was unable to think.

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

was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this

don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it

“I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things

gnashed

out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take

carefully.” He lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause

she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over

her face. “If they have decided

shifted a little. “Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone

those words

…

Not for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with him anymore.

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