Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

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

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

was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not seem like it was

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

her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark until now!

She finally managed to

how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like

and simply emphasized the last few words. “You’ve given me the house, so it’s mine. Based on the law,

and by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed

only Travis’s name on

image. In an instant, she was unable to

his knuckles on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after Amber at the hospital. I don’t

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

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

sign it,” Larissa repeated. “I don’t mind wasting time with you. Let’s see who can

gnashed his teeth.

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

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

not show it, or else Travis would

smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use

against the law!” he hissed in a low tone even as a hint of

to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe while Travis was still stunned.

…

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

signature on the property agreement really bothered her.