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.”

in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and

and lighting it up, he started playing with the

Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and drank

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

“Hm?”

his eyes glinting in

“No. I’m just saying.”

“I like the fact that you never say what you truly

“I’m going to

back to her room. Now that her mind was cleared of all nonsensical

the door to her room was slowly pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt

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

moving his lips

He shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently exiting the

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

minutes past

and was nearly going to miss lunch as

spotted a set of brand new

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for

say anything. Would

“Yes, thank you…”

Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and she had some free time on

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

this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

that Matthew was not the right partner for her, but her heart kept pulling

I doing? She thought that maybe things were continuing this way because

that used to meticulously plan out every single detail of her

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling her

phone

“Oh…”

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

appeared on screen as soon as

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 too! How

to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of

know, I know. Just because I’m old doesn’t mean I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is

quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have

angle of the phone’s front camera

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

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 no

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

I’ll get to it as soon

“Get to what?”

silent at the

“Clare? Who is that?”

It’s just my colleague! I’m

entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving

ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t have to

be

room, he leaned forward