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.

You want me to sign this?” Larissa tossed the papers back at him with a

frustrated at all. In fact, there was a triumphant smirk on his face that 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

that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was

be dated three months ago! After a bit

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

that she was trembling. She finally managed to speak through gritted

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

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

Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo

only Travis’s name on

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

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

light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis

irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s

repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can drag things

gnashed his teeth.

the table. She then picked up her

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

not show it, or else Travis would have leverage over her.

face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two million dollars?”

in a

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

not actually drag things out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have

the signature on the property

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