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 cold

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

signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like it was forged.

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

since the beginning! And yet she had been

was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted

how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she

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

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

Travis’s name on it.

blankly at the image. In an instant, she

“Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have

but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it his way.

you don’t sign it, the

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

gnashed his teeth.

on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take

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

was afraid. But she could not show it,

they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two

he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered

Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was still stunned.

reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with

signature on the property

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