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!”

document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the

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

be dated three months ago! After a bit of

the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark until now!

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

did not know how 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

way—” Travis went on his phone 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 name on it.

the image. In an instant, she

sign the agreement. I still need to

she figured out all

sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible

don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out the longest.”

gnashed his teeth.

left it on the table. She then picked up

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

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or

back and ask your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they

shifted a little. “Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic

words and quickly left the cafe while

…

any other reason but that she simply did not

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