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.”

casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and his voice sounded

he started playing with the lighter between

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

kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for

“Hm?”

at her, his eyes glinting in the dark. “Is that concern

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

eyes. “I’m going

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

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

her face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth

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

back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under

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 her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in her mind. She sat

twenty minutes

nearly

of brand new clothes for her to wear at

when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in the

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

I’m so sorry for waking up late. Um, about

say anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

in her, Clarissa started making preparations for lunch. Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being

sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went to the living

knew that this ambiguous situation

clearly understood that Matthew

continuing this way because it was what she had been unconsciously hoping for

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every

“Miss? Miss?”

of her daze at the

phone is

“Oh…”

and took a moment to calm herself

excited face appeared on screen as soon as

this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and I get

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

Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are

quite clean and cozy,

angle of the phone’s front

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 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

heard this speech way too many times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I

rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their

okay! I get it! I’ll get to it as

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague!

the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a kind smile and a nod

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

Donnie couldn’t be bothered by her forced, obvious

he leaned forward and grabbed