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.”

light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn

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

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

few steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell

“Hm?”

her, his eyes glinting in the dark. “Is that concern I

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

“I’m going to

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

later, the door to her room was slowly pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he

breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths, her small and perfectly

second thought, moving his lips against hers until she made

his head and laughed

and blinked drowsily for

minutes past

and was nearly going

spotted a set of brand new clothes for her

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

Lawson, I’m so sorry for

say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

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

noon and tasked someone with sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went to the living room, her mind wandering as she sat on

this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

rationality and her emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the

way because

to meticulously plan out every single detail of

“Miss? Miss?”

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

your phone

“Oh…”

moment

as

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

this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a very useful feature if you

everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is that the place your mom

it’s just a small apartment. It’s quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have to worry too

front camera didn’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 as long as he

many times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years old, Grandma. There’s no

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 body will

I get it! I’ll get to it as soon

“Get to what?”

at the sound

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m

before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a kind smile and a

awkwardly, 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

chuckled while Donnie couldn’t be bothered by her

forward and grabbed hold of