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.

sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him

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

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

a bit of calculating, it must

since the beginning! And yet

was so angry that she was trembling. She finally managed to

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

simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s

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

only Travis’s name on

the image. In an instant, she was unable to think.

brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have time to waste with you here.”

I won’t sign it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she

serious?” Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the

wasting time with you.

gnashed

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

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

could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over

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

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

words and quickly

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

property agreement really bothered

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