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.

the papers back at him with a cold smile. “I’m

page of the 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

the words “Party A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it

ago! After a bit

beginning! And yet she had

she 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

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

the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve

was only Travis’s name

blankly at the image. In an

I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have time to waste with you

light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let

the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give

time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out the

gnashed

table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her

expression savage. “You know what my parents are like.

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

A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they

a low tone even as a hint

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

other reason but that she simply did not want

the property agreement

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