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 was solemn and

up, he started playing with the

didn’t say anything else to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen

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

“Hm?”

glinting

“No. I’m just saying.”

the silence. “I like the fact that you never say what you

“I’m going to

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

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

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

down and kissed her without a second thought, moving his lips against

over, her back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently

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

twenty minutes

had missed breakfast and was nearly going

up and spotted a set of brand new clothes for

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

I’m so sorry for waking up

say anything. Would

“Yes, thank you…”

was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every

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

knew that this ambiguous situation

that Matthew was not the right partner for

that maybe things were continuing this way because it was what

Clarissa that used to meticulously plan

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound

phone is

“Oh…”

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

appeared on screen as soon as Clarissa accepted

Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and I

smiled warmly. “Grandma, are you sure you’re just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a

mean I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way,

apartment. It’s quite clean and

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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 as long as he has a stable job, and

she was starting to grow impatient.

mean ‘there’s no rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their

get it! I’ll get to it as soon as possible,

“Get to what?”

fell silent at the sound of Matthew’s

“Clare? Who is that?”

my colleague! I’m hanging up,

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

you back so early? I was just getting ready to leave.

couldn’t be

the room, he leaned forward and