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.

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

smirk on his face that he could not hide. He turned to the last page of the document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be

A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was

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

beginning! And yet she had been

that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through

but she

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 law, I don’t

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

Travis’s name on

the image. In an instant, she was

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

was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in

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

with you. Let’s

gnashed his teeth.

and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and

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

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or

appeared on her face. “If they have decided to

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

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

not actually drag things out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with

signature on the property agreement really

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