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.

this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a cold smile. “I’m telling

fact, there was a triumphant smirk on his face that he could not hide. He turned to the last page of the document and pushed

A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with,

ago! After a bit of

against her since the beginning! And yet she had been

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

not know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers about gifting

not you remember, you did 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

before showing a photo

was only Travis’s

In an instant, she was unable

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

it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it

scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the

with you.

Travis gnashed his teeth.

up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps

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

show it, or else Travis would have leverage

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

in a low tone

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

any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with

the property agreement really bothered

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