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 cold smile.

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

penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it

be dated three months ago! After a bit of

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

was trembling. She finally managed to speak through

know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not

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

way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo

was only Travis’s name on it.

blankly at the image. In an instant,

the table and 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

scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is

wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag

gnashed his teeth.

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

my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause

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

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

a low tone even

tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while

forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that

the property

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