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.

for? You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a

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 tell me if I’m

said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most

After a bit of calculating, it must have been

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

She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I

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

last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s mine. Based on the law, I don’t have

by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This

Travis’s name on it.

the image. In an instant, she was

back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look

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

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

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

gnashed his teeth.

picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before

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

show

parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided

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

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

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

the signature on the property

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