You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Outsiders might think that Matthew was a lone wolf, a cool and collected person determined to achieve his goals no matter what.

But there was another side to him that very few people knew about.

Unreasonable? A horrible flirt? Thick-skinned?

And so many other qualities that she had yet to discover.

What the hell am I thinking!

What else is there worth discovering?

Clarissa wanted to push Matthew away and leave him behind in an ultra-cool fashion.

But the reality was that she wasn’t strong enough to push him away, and she couldn’t act cool at all.

She gave up on trying to push him away. Furrowing her eyebrows, she said, “Let go of me. I want to go home.”

“Go home? To let your mother send you straight to Luke’s bedroom?”

His words hit a nerve.

Clarissa was so frustrated she wanted to scream. If she went back to her apartment, she might have to deal with Hilary’s various acts of victimhood and attempts to gain pity. And even if she tried to prevent herself from feeling any emotions, there was no way she could be cruel towards her own mother.

So, she calmed down and just stood there.

Matthew chuckled under his breath, the hint of a mocking smile on his face.

This woman’s too stubborn and prideful to take back what she said. I bet she’s waiting for me to be the one to persuade her to stay.

“Are you staying?”

Clarissa forced herself to glance at him. “I’m taking the guest room downstairs.”

“Of course. Did you think you were going to get to sleep in the master bedroom? Or worse, sleep with me?” Matthew raised an eyebrow.

“You… You wish!”

Clarissa’s jaw clenched in annoyance.

He had already let go of her and was heading upstairs.

Just as he turned the corner, he looked back to say, “Don’t come out of your room at night. I’m afraid you might come into my room and take advantage of me.”

“That’s supposed to be my line.”

She pulled a silly face behind Matthew’s back to relieve her anger.

Soon after, Mrs. Lawson silently appeared out of nowhere to help her with her sleeping arrangements. Clarissa laid down on her bed after everything was settled, but she didn’t feel sleepy in the slightest.

It got worse when it started to rain outside. In the end, she sat up and left the guest room.

A small, dim lamp in the living room illuminated the silhouette of a man sitting on the sofa.

All her feelings of sentiment, sadness, and depression swiftly cleared from her head. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Matthew spoke up.

“Come here.”

“I just came out for a glass of water.”

in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier.

he started playing with the lighter between his fingers. The tiny

to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and drank from a water bottle before

before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same goes for staying up late. Get some

“Hm?”

up at her, his eyes glinting

“No. I’m just saying.”

laughter rang out in the silence. “I like the

eyes. “I’m

her room. Now that her mind was cleared of all nonsensical thoughts, she was able to fall asleep

Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well up inside of him as he watched her

her face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths, her small

down and kissed her without a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she made a sound of discomfort in her

shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently exiting the

stretching her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar

twenty minutes

breakfast and was nearly

set of brand new clothes for her to wear at the foot

of the guest room, feeling embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in the

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for waking

anything. Would

“Yes, thank you…”

that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day,

she took her laptop and

knew that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

her emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for

were continuing this way

wasn’t the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single detail of her

“Miss? Miss?”

daze at the

your phone is

“Oh…”

picked up her phone and took a moment

as

Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and I get to see you too! How

this kind of call when you’re at

I’m old doesn’t mean I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is that the

apartment. It’s quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have to worry

angle of the phone’s front camera didn’t capture

her. “She also mentioned she was setting you up on blind dates? Have you gone on any yet? How are the men? How are their families? I’m telling you Clare, I’ve been through a lot in my life. What’s most important is that he loves you and takes good care

many times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years old, Grandma.

already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you give birth, the

I get it! I’ll get to it as

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at the

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague! I’m hanging up,

call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie

early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t have

couldn’t be bothered by her

in the room, he leaned forward and grabbed hold of Clarissa’s chin to kiss