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.”

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

started playing with the lighter between

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

took a few steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is

“Hm?”

up at her, his eyes glinting

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

“I’m going to sleep.

that her mind was cleared of all nonsensical thoughts, she was able

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

closer look at her face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth

his lips against hers until she made

his

and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in

twenty minutes past

had missed breakfast and was nearly

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

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

for waking up late. Um,

alright, sir didn’t say anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and she had

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

situation

brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for her,

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

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single detail of

“Miss? Miss?”

of her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling

phone

“Oh…”

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

on screen as soon as Clarissa

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

You can only make this

Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is that the place your mom arranged

clean and cozy, so you don’t

front camera didn’t capture her

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

was starting to grow

rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you

I get it! I’ll get

“Get to what?”

fell silent at

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m

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

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

chuckled while Donnie couldn’t be

presence in the room, he leaned forward and