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 at the place where the signatures were meant to be and said, “Take a closer look, then tell me if I’m

the words “Party A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar

signature was shown to be dated three months ago! After a

since the beginning! And

that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I

had conned her into signing anything, but she could

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 obligation to give you even a square foot

for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new property

was only Travis’s

an instant, she was unable to

the agreement. I still

firm. Before she figured out all

if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine.

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

gnashed

She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps further, Travis

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

afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would

ask your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in

hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered through his eyes.

can get them to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left

…

any other reason but that she simply did not

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