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.”

seem to be in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and his voice sounded

a cigarette between his lips and lighting it up, he started playing with the lighter between his fingers. The tiny

to the kitchen and

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

“Hm?”

her, his eyes glinting in

“No. I’m just saying.”

deep laughter rang out in the silence. “I like the fact that you

rolled her eyes. “I’m

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

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

realized that she was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even

his lips against hers until she made a

back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently exiting

her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in her

twenty minutes past

had missed breakfast and was nearly going

and spotted a set of brand new clothes for her to

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for

say anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

that fresh produce was being

was done before 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

this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

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

this way because it was what she

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound of Mrs.

phone

“Oh…”

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

appeared on screen as soon as

it is Clare! I can see you so well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and I get to see you

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

already explained everything to

quite clean and cozy, so

front camera didn’t

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 fine even if he’s slightly older than you. I know you’re a very beautiful girl, but you shouldn’t be too picky about appearances, just

way too many times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years old, Grandma. There’s

mean ‘there’s no rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you give birth,

okay! I get it! I’ll get to it

“Get to what?”

silent at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

my colleague! I’m hanging up,

hurriedly ended the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a kind smile and a nod in her

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

couldn’t be bothered by her

presence in the room, he leaned forward and grabbed hold of Clarissa’s chin to kiss