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.”

from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and

lighting it up, he started playing with the lighter between

Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and drank

heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same goes for staying up late. Get some

“Hm?”

glinting in the dark. “Is

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

rolled her eyes. “I’m

back to her room. Now that her mind was cleared

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

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

kissed her without a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she

his head and laughed under his breath before silently exiting

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

twenty minutes

breakfast and was nearly going to

spotted a set of brand new clothes for her to

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

Lawson, I’m so sorry for

anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

in 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

took her laptop and went to the living room, her mind wandering as she

ambiguous situation with Matthew

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

that maybe things were continuing this way because it was what she had been

that used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling

phone

“Oh…”

up her phone and took a moment to calm

as soon as Clarissa accepted the

see you so well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said

on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a very useful feature if

explained everything to me. By the way, where are you

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

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

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 it’s

she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years old,

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

it! I’ll get

“Get to what?”

silent at the

“Clare? Who is that?”

my colleague! I’m hanging

around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind

Clarissa asked, “Why are you back so early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll

Donnie couldn’t be bothered

forward and