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.

showing me this for? You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers

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

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

After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly

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

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

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

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

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

Travis’s

blankly at the image. In an instant, she was unable to

“Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t have

was light but firm. Before she figured out all the

the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back

repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with

gnashed

up her bag and rose from

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

course Larissa was afraid. But she could not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over

A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two million dollars?”

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

out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was

out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that

the signature on the property agreement really

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