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.

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

document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be and said, “Take a closer look, then

was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most

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 until

was trembling. She finally managed to

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

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 house, so it’s mine. Based on the law, I don’t have the obligation

for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is

Travis’s name on it.

image. In an instant, she

on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still

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

scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it

don’t mind wasting time with you.

gnashed his

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

know what my parents

show it, or else Travis would have leverage over

“If they have decided to use their own lives

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

those words and

not actually drag things out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she simply did not

property agreement really

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