You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Matthew showed no reaction to what Ellie just said and just sat down.

“Your friend Clarissa?”

“Yes. What about it?”

“She’s not coming back to D City anymore?” He said after a moment of pondering.

“Uncle Matt, what are you trying to say here? Don’t change the subject. Clarissa is not involved in our problem. Let me just ask you, is Shermaine really going to be my aunt?”

Matthew gave Ellie a profound look. “What if she is?”

“Uncle Matt, you… “

Right then, Ellie thought about what Clarissa just said. I really can’t do anything about it.

Hence, she just snorted and gave up. “Clare was right. Being with Shermaine is your choice, I can’t interfere with that. Maybe she’s evil to me but you may have seen something in her. I can give you my blessing, but don’t ask me to like her. This is the limit of how much I can tolerate this.”

“Clarissa said that?”

“Huh? Yes?”

Ellie did not know what was going on. Why is he constantly shifting the conversation to Clare?

Immediately after, Matthew stood up and left. His eyes were dark and cold.

It all felt so ridiculous to Ellie, but she decided to take Clarissa’s advice and not be angry. Be like Clare. Have an open mind and stay calm.

One month had gone by.

Clarissa’s hometown was cooling as summer had come to an end. But, when she set foot in D city, she could feel heat waves plunging at her. The city felt like a big hot sauna and it was not very comfortable.

After leaving the airport, Clarissa immediately rushed to the hospital. At the hospital, she found Hilary, whose face was pale as snow under the light.

When Hilary saw Clarissa, her tears started streaking down her face, a sight that Clarissa was not used to seeing.

Hilary held Clarissa’s fingers tightly in her hand as she sought forgiveness from her.

“Clary, I know I made a mistake. Look at me, I’m not even living well. When I fell sick, it became clear to me that no one actually cares about me. The maids don’t give a damn, Zach is always busy, not to mention Yvonne. She never accepted me in the first place. I only have you now… “

only thinks about me when she has no one else to take care of

Hilary so drastically.

was her birth mother. If no one took care of her, Clarissa would have to

Let me go book a room at a

I’m really sorry for troubling you at

what Hilary says, Clarissa remained skeptical. More than ten years

the hospital and spoke with the attending doctor. She found out that Hilary had an ovarian cyst, so surgery was required. But, it

the hospital every day. Sometimes she would listen to Hilary nag at her, but most of the time, they did not talk. Clarissa would just sit there with her laptop and typed for an

about the publishing of her new

hands on the copyright. Even her latest attempt at a new setting, albeit short, showed potential and caught the eyes of some

was something Clarissa would have never ever

some other editors from the company present too. Even though they usually communicated via the internet, meeting them in person posed no problem. All of them

Jane and another young editor called Tessa were in charge of driving. Because of how good Clarissa’s books were selling, Jane had proposed to buy them drinks at a

cut short, however, as

from the fork of the road at a dangerous speed. Tessa, being a new driver, panicked, even forgetting to step on

the back, so her body got thrown forward and slammed into the seat as the crash occurred. Nevertheless, Tessa had

her car behind

of them, they

it the worst as she looked at Jane. Jane gave her a comforting look as the

a long line of luxurious

a brand new car. It’s not even been a day

I think they’re the ones that should

car. They looked like a bunch of rich playboys with the women beside them,

a pair of jeans and a simple t-shirt, nothing too over the top. If he was not driving a sports car that symbolized his wealth, no one would be able to

for it and it was his favorite car. But now, it got crashed within

person, and as of that moment, it was like the

this? Are you people trying to

foul mouths and vulgarity came flying out in

was stupefied. All of them had unknowingly backed away, wanting to hide and not get involved

small editor that joined the company not long ago. The company had not even gotten her the basic insurances yet, and the car she was driving was one of the colleagues’. She was only driving

to Luke’s curses, she could already envision the darkness that was about to loom over her future. There’s no way

in mind, Tessa started

hand, was just as scared. But even though she did not know how to drive, she knew that Tessa might not fully be

other colleagues were panicking, Clarissa took out her phone and called the traffic police. “Hello, we’ve got

buildings and landmarks. So, she gave all that information to the police. Luke’s cursing had stopped by then as everyone on his side was listening to Clarissa’s