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 do

turned to Clarissa again, “You’d better get some rest. I’ll call

around Ellie and Clarissa. Jeremy observed them intently from afar, his lips twitching as he cast a glance at Matthew

direction. Matthew traced his gaze and narrowed

pleased with Matthew’s

to have cracked a joke that set Clarissa off chuckling. It was a crisp, hearty chuckle, almost as pleasing to the ears as tinkling bells. Matthew

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

as he shot another glance toward

“Ellie, Damon, why don’t you guys come over

glance

of him either. I think somehow he’s the

in a rather intimate fashion did not go unnoticed. A sharp glint fleeted

trio 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

Jeremy, this is my friend, Clarissa.

did not know each other and introduced

a brother to

and said,

well… I think it’s quite interesting

private joke between him and

in Jeremy’s words and said, “You’re my uncle’s friend. Drop the act. You’re only

the

stand a single

her. He chuckled as he cast a glance at Matthew, his lips curving into a