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.

want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers

that he could not hide. He turned to the last page of the document and pushed it toward

name. The penmanship was one

dated three months ago! After a

the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark

so angry that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember signing these papers.”

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

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,

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, she was unable

I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t

but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff

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

with you. Let’s see who

gnashed his teeth.

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

through carefully.” He lowered his voice, his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like.

afraid. But she could not show it,

“If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two

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

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

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

signature on the property agreement really bothered

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