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!”

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

A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like it was

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

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

managed to speak

she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these

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

his phone for a moment before showing a photo

Travis’s

the image. In an instant, she

brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t

light but firm. Before she figured out

the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back to

won’t sign it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see

gnashed

him and took 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

“You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid

show it, or else Travis

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

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

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

…

actually drag things out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason

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