Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

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.

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

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 and said,

signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was

months ago! After a bit of

They had been plotting against her since the beginning! And yet she had been

to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not

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

you remember, you 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 house, so it’s mine. Based on the law, I don’t have the obligation to give you even a square foot

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

was only Travis’s name on it.

an instant, she was unable

back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still

firm. Before she figured out

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

mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things out the

gnashed his

then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps further, Travis blocked her way.

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

Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage

your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange

against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of panic flickered through

those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis

…

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

the signature on the property agreement really bothered her.