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!”
his face that he could not 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 were meant to be and said,
signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar
months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after
had been plotting against her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark
she was trembling. She finally managed to speak
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.
sign 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 obligation to give you even a square foot of it!”
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.
an instant, she was unable to think.
the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I
but firm. Before she figured out all the
Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it
Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out the
gnashed his
up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she
through carefully.” He lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents
show it, or else Travis would have leverage over her.
appeared on her face. “If they have decided to
in a
them to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while
…
other reason but that she simply
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