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

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

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

heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same goes for staying

“Hm?”

his eyes glinting in the dark.

“No. I’m just saying.”

rang out in the silence. “I like

eyes. “I’m going to sleep.

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

pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well up inside of

she was breathing through her mouth in

lips against hers until she made

his head and

blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in her mind. She sat up and immediately grabbed her

minutes

breakfast and was nearly

brand new clothes for her to wear at

guest room, feeling embarrassed when she

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

for

didn’t say anything.

“Yes, thank you…”

Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered

Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went

that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right

that maybe things were continuing this way

to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

the sound of Mrs. Lawson

your phone

“Oh…”

a moment to calm herself down. It was a

excited face appeared on screen as

me about this new feature. She said

sure you’re just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a very useful feature if you

Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By

small apartment. It’s quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have

angle of the phone’s front camera didn’t capture

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 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

she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years

married and starting families of their own.

it! I’ll get to it as soon as

“Get to what?”

silent at

“Clare? Who is that?”

It’s just my colleague!

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

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

be bothered

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