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

on his face that he could not hide. He turned to the last page of the document and pushed it toward Larissa again.

“Party A” was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not

was shown to be dated three months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly

her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept

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

she could not recall seeing

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. Based on the law, I don’t have the obligation to give you even a square foot of

before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new property

only Travis’s name on

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

on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I

voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this

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

time with you. Let’s see

gnashed

picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps further,

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

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

they have decided to use

“Murder is against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as

those words

Not for any other reason but that

signature on the property agreement really

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