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.”

didn’t seem to be in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression

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

anything else to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the

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

“Hm?”

glinting in the dark.

“No. I’m just saying.”

laughter rang out in the silence. “I like the fact that you never say what

“I’m going to sleep.

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

pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of

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

his lips against hers until she made

He shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently

and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in her mind. She sat up and

minutes past

nearly going to

up and spotted a set of brand

of the guest room, feeling embarrassed when she

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

for

sir didn’t say anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and she had some

sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and

knew that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

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

that maybe things were continuing this way because

to meticulously plan out every single detail

“Miss? Miss?”

snapped out of her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling her

your phone

“Oh…”

her phone and took a moment to calm

as

She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and I get to see

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

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

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

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

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 as long as he has

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

rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The

okay! I get it! I’ll get to it

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at the sound of Matthew’s

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m hanging up,

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

Clarissa asked, “Why are you back so early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t

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

in the room, he leaned forward and