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 him with a cold smile. “I’m telling you,

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,

one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like

ago! After a bit of calculating,

the beginning! And yet she had been kept

angry that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember

conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything

of whether or not 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.

and by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new property

only Travis’s name on it.

blankly at the image. In an instant, she was

“Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need

but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it his way.

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

Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you.

gnashed his teeth.

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

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

she could not show it, or else Travis would have

appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two million

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

words and quickly left

…

for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to

signature on the property