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.

this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at

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

her name. The penmanship was one that she was

ago! After a bit of calculating, it must

since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in

she was trembling. She finally managed to

into signing anything, but she could not

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 of

Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo

was only Travis’s name on it.

stared blankly at the image. In an

agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I

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

if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back to you.”

sign it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out the longest.”

Travis gnashed

and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before

He lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like.

afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis

“If they have decided to use their own lives in

a little. “Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered through his eyes.

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

forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that

on the property agreement really

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