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.

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

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

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 forged.

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

plotting against her since the beginning! And yet

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

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

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

showing a

was only Travis’s

an instant, she was unable to

her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still

but firm. Before she figured out all the

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

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

Travis gnashed his teeth.

him and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps

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

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

on her face. “If they have decided to use

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

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

…

for any other reason but that she simply did not want to have anything to do with him

property agreement really bothered her.