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.

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

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

name. The penmanship was one that she was most familiar with,

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

since the beginning! And

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

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

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

on his phone for a moment before showing a photo

only Travis’s name on

blankly at the image. In an instant,

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 have time to waste with

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

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

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

Travis gnashed his

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

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

show it,

appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use their own lives in exchange for two

in a

try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and

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

signature on the property

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