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.

me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a cold smile. “I’m telling you,

last page of the document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were

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

three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber got

And yet

was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember signing these papers.”

her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers about gifting

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

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

In an instant, she was unable to

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

Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would

Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house

don’t mind wasting time with you.

gnashed his

took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her

my

show it, or else Travis would

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

he hissed in a

those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was

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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