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.

want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers

frustrated at all. In 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 it toward Larissa again. His index

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

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

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

that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted

her into signing anything, but she

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 to give you even a square foot

before showing a photo to Larissa.

was only Travis’s name on it.

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

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

won’t sign it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out

if you don’t sign it, the house is still

“I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things

gnashed his

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

his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over

appeared on her face. “If they have decided to

is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone

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

Not for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to

signature on the property agreement

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