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.

the papers back at

at all. In fact, there was a triumphant 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 and said, “Take a closer look, then tell me if I’m

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

the signature was shown to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it

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

She finally managed to

know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers about

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

and by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve

only Travis’s name on

blankly at the image. In an instant,

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

said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have

Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back to

won’t sign it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see

Travis gnashed

20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her

carefully.” He lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause a scene at

show it,

they have decided to use their own lives in exchange

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

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

…

obviously could 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 him

on the property agreement really bothered her.