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.

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. His index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be and said, “Take

her name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with, and it did not

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

since the beginning! And yet she

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

signing anything, but she could

of whether or not you remember, you did sign it. I’ve had this 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

by the way—” Travis went on his phone for a moment before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new property

was only Travis’s name on it.

In an

reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look

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

serious?” Travis scowled irritably. “Even if you don’t sign it, the house is still mine. It’s impossible to give it back

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

Travis gnashed his teeth.

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

what my parents are like. Aren’t you afraid they’ll cause

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

her face. “If they have decided to use

the law!” he hissed in a low

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

…

out forever with Travis. Not for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with him anymore.

property