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.

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

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 to be and said, “Take a closer look, then tell

The penmanship was one

months ago! After a bit of calculating, it must have been shortly after Amber

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

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

signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers

sign it. I’ve had this agreement notarized.” Travis refused to give her an explanation and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve

by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa.

was only Travis’s name

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

sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital.

Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy

it, the house is still mine. It’s

wasting time with you. Let’s see who

gnashed

left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose

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

not show it, or

on her face. “If they have decided to use their

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

tossed out those words

for any other reason but

the property agreement really bothered her.

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