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.

me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a cold smile. “I’m telling you, Hardy, dream

document and pushed it toward Larissa again. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be

was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and

to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber got pregnant.

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

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

her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers about gifting

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

on his phone for a moment before showing a photo

only Travis’s name on

the image. In an instant, she

brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the

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

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

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

Travis gnashed his teeth.

table. She then picked up her bag

his expression savage. “You know what my parents are like. Aren’t

she could not show it, or else Travis

her face. “If they have decided to use

expression shifted a little. “Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a low

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

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

the signature on the property agreement really bothered

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