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.”

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

and lighting it up, he started playing with the

didn’t say anything else to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and drank from a water bottle before

steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same

“Hm?”

at her, his eyes glinting

“No. I’m just saying.”

rang out in the silence. “I like

eyes. “I’m

her mind was cleared

the door to 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

was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths,

without a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she made a sound of discomfort

shook his head and

blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her

twenty minutes

and was nearly going to

and spotted a set of brand new clothes for her to wear at the

embarrassed when she bumped into

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

sorry for waking

alright, sir didn’t say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

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 free time on her

Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and

knew that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that

way because it was what

to meticulously plan out every single detail of

“Miss? Miss?”

the sound of

your phone

“Oh…”

a moment to calm herself down. It was

face appeared on screen as soon as

feature. She said it saves money

You can only make this kind of call when you’re at

I know. Just because I’m old doesn’t mean I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything

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

of the phone’s front

telling you Clare, I’ve been through a lot in my life. What’s most important is that he loves you

starting to

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

get it! I’ll get to it as

“Get to what?”

at the sound of Matthew’s

“Clare? Who is that?”

my colleague! I’m hanging

ended the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie

I was just getting ready to leave.

couldn’t be bothered by her

Donnie’s presence in the room, he leaned forward and grabbed hold of