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.

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

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

was a flamboyant signature that said her name. The penmanship was one

ago! After a bit of

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

to speak through gritted teeth. “I do not remember signing these papers.”

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

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 even a square

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

only Travis’s

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

on the table and brought her back to reality. “Hurry up and sign the agreement. I still need to look after

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

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

mind wasting time with you. Let’s

gnashed

him and took out a 20-dollar bill and left it on the table. She then picked up

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

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

and ask your parents—” A mocking smile appeared on her face. “If they have decided to use

hissed in a

words and quickly left the cafe

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

signature on the property agreement really bothered

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