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. Instead, his expression was solemn and his voice

lips and lighting it up, he started playing with the lighter between his fingers. The tiny flame dancing and flickering in the air looked

the kitchen and drank from a water

tell him, “Smoking is bad for

“Hm?”

eyes glinting in the dark. “Is

“No. I’m just saying.”

“I like the fact

“I’m going to

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

Standing by the

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

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

back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath before

the sun was already hanging high in the sky. Turning over and stretching her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in her mind. She sat up

minutes

breakfast and was nearly going to miss lunch as

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

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

Lawson, I’m so sorry for waking

say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

her, Clarissa started making preparations for lunch. Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and she had some free time on

the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went to the living room,

this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

and her emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for her, but her heart kept pulling her

this way because it was what she had been unconsciously hoping for

used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

out of her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson

phone is

“Oh…”

her phone and took a moment to calm herself down. It

as soon

She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and

save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home,

because 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 place your mom arranged for

clean and cozy,

the phone’s front camera didn’t capture her current

were taking care of her and what a good daughter you were. She sounded quite guilty, so please don’t hold a grudge against 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 of you. His wealth doesn’t matter

was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I

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

I’ll get to it as soon as

“Get to what?”

at

“Clare? Who is that?”

It’s just my colleague!

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

ready to leave. I’ll

chuckled while Donnie couldn’t be bothered by her forced, obvious

he leaned forward