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 for? You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a

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

was one that she was most familiar with, and

After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly

her since the beginning! And yet

so angry that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth.

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

her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given

before showing a photo to

was only Travis’s

image. In an

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

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

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

“I don’t mind wasting time with

gnashed his

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

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

could not show it, or else

and ask your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they

is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a

can get them to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while

out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she

signature on the property agreement really bothered her.

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