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.

showing me this for? You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a cold smile. “I’m telling you, Hardy, dream on!”

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

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

three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it

the beginning! And yet she had

to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not

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

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

only Travis’s name on

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

knuckles 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

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

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

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

Travis gnashed his

and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps

savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause a scene at

not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over her.

they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two million dollars?”

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

casually tossed out those words

forever with Travis. Not for any other reason

signature on the property agreement

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