You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Clarissa got back to her room and changed into a fresh set of clothes, regaining her composure as she tried to banish the image from her mind.

Meanwhile, Ellie dragged the prankster along.

“Apologize, Damon! Are you afraid of admitting what you’ve done?”

Damon looked awkward and was about to flip out from being pushed around by Ellie. However, at the sight of Clarissa, he held his anger in.

The twitch of his lips seemed odd juxtaposed against his handsome face. Embarrassed, his ears flushed beet red.

“Um… I’m really sorry! I had no idea that you don’t know how to swim…”

“It’s alright. It’s just a misunderstanding,” Clarissa tried to lighten the mood.

Damon’s ears went vermillion at the sight of her smile.

Ellie seemed to have caught onto something and nudged Damon. “Hey man, what are you doing, acting all coy in front of Clarissa, you-”

“Shut up, Ellie,” Damon interrupted Ellie before the latter could finish her sentence. He shot a glance at the breathtaking Clarissa and darted his eyes immediately before turning to shoot a warning glare in Ellie’s direction.

The latter was grinning from ear to ear. Damon looked at Clarissa, trying to sound serious, “Why don’t you give me your number so that I could ask you out for a meal sometime, you know, as my way to apologize to you.”

“It’s alright.”

“Sure!” Ellie had betrayed her friend right then as she blurted Clarissa’s number out loud. She was all smiles as she said, “Damon, Clare is my bestie. You can treat her to a meal but do not ever bully her again or you’re good as dead.”

know I’ll never

Damon turned to Clarissa again, “You’d better get some

them intently from afar, his lips twitching as he cast a glance at Matthew who had been on

discreetly in the trio’s direction. Matthew traced his gaze and narrowed

was inexplicably pleased with

crisp, hearty chuckle, almost as pleasing to the ears as tinkling bells. Matthew tapped absentmindedly on his lap at

had hung up the phone, Jeremy approached him and asked in a low voice, “Matt, that girl sure gets a lot

he shot another glance toward the trio, his thoughts running

said aloud, “Ellie, Damon, why don’t you guys come

remark. Clarissa stole a glance in the men’s direction and retracted her gaze

too? To be honest, I’m not too fond of him either. I think somehow he’s the type to make people anxious. But don’t

conversation in a rather intimate fashion did not go unnoticed. A

approached Matthew and Jeremy. Damon obviously tried to let Clarissa sit beside him. However, Jeremy deliberately separated the two and pushed Clarissa toward Matthew’s

is my friend,

thought the two did not know each other

like a brother

and said, “Mr.

continued to tease her, “Why the formality? Well well… I think it’s quite interesting when someone addresses you like an elder. Am I right,

private joke between him

friend. Drop the act. You’re only fooling those gullible young girls out there. Nobody here will

the nation heartthrob,

a single chance against

as he cast a glance at Matthew, his lips