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.

you showing me this for? You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the

hide. He turned to the last page of the document and pushed

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

shown to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly

the beginning! And yet she had been

finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember

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

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!”

way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a

was only Travis’s name on

at the image. In an instant, she was unable to

on the table 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 time to waste

but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal,

the house

Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s

Travis gnashed

a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before

lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my

But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage

mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they

in a low tone even

get them to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was

any other reason but that she simply did not

property agreement really bothered her.

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