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!”

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

penmanship was one

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

beginning! And yet she had been kept in the

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

she could not recall seeing

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 foot of

before showing a photo to Larissa. “I’ve completed the property transfer procedure. This is the new property deed—”

Travis’s name

image. In an

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

out all the fishy stuff in

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

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

Travis gnashed his teeth.

it on the table. She then picked up her bag and rose from her seat. Before she could take two steps further, Travis

know what my parents are like. Aren’t you

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

appeared on her face. “If they have

hissed in a low tone even as a hint of

to try.” Larissa casually tossed out those words and quickly left the cafe

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

property agreement really bothered her.

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