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.”

to be in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was

it up, he started playing with the lighter between

herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and drank

sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is

“Hm?”

eyes glinting in the dark. “Is that

“No. I’m just saying.”

silence. “I like the fact

rolled her eyes. “I’m going

cleared of all nonsensical thoughts, she

her room was slowly pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well up inside

he realized that she was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths, her small and perfectly shaped lips

a second thought, moving his lips against hers until

over, her back now facing him. He shook his head and

Clarissa woke up, 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

twenty minutes past

had missed breakfast and was nearly going to miss lunch as

of brand

room, feeling embarrassed when

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

sorry for waking up late. Um, about

sir didn’t say anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

making preparations for lunch. Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and

tasked someone with sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her

that this ambiguous situation

wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right

maybe things were continuing this way because it was what she

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

snapped out of her daze at the sound of Mrs.

your phone is

“Oh…”

and took a moment to calm herself down. It was

as soon as Clarissa

me about this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the

smiled warmly. “Grandma, are you sure you’re just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind

Just 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

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

the phone’s front camera

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

had heard this speech way too many times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I

you mean ‘there’s no rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you give birth, the faster your

okay! I get it! I’ll get to it as

“Get to what?”

silent at

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m hanging up,

to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a

ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t have to

couldn’t be bothered

presence in the room, he leaned forward and