Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo novel 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. 

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

Travis was not frustrated at all. In fact, there was a 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 index finger pointed at the place where the signatures were meant to be and said, “Take a closer look, then tell me if I’m still dreaming.” 

Below the words “Party A” 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. 

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

They… They had been plotting against her since the beginning! And yet she had been kept in the dark until now! 

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

She did not know how Travis had conned her into signing anything, but she could not recall seeing anything remotely like these papers about gifting property. 

“Regardless 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 even a square foot of it!” 

“Oh, and 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 deed—” 

There was only Travis’s name on it. 

Larissa stared blankly at the image. In an instant, she was unable to think. 

Travis rapped his knuckles 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 you here.” 

“No. I won’t sign it,” Larissa said. Her voice was light but firm. Before she figured out all the fishy stuff in this deal, she would never let Travis have it his way. 

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