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.”

light-hearted mood from earlier.

he started playing with the lighter between his

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

to tell him, “Smoking is bad for

“Hm?”

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

“No. I’m just saying.”

like the fact that you

“I’m

Now that her mind was cleared of all nonsensical thoughts,

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

face, he realized that she was breathing through her

his lips against hers

shook his head and

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

minutes past

nearly going to miss lunch

set of brand new clothes for her to wear at

walked out of the guest room, feeling embarrassed 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

“Yes, thank you…”

doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered

the food to Matthew. Then, she took her

ambiguous situation with Matthew

understood that Matthew

continuing this way because it was what she had been

to meticulously plan out

“Miss? Miss?”

at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling her

phone

“Oh…”

a moment to calm herself down. It was

face appeared on screen as soon as

well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said

can only make this kind of

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 that the place

quite clean and cozy,

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

were taking care of her and what a good daughter you were. She sounded quite guilty, so please don’t hold a grudge against her. “She also mentioned 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 as he has a stable job, and it’s fine even if he’s slightly older than you. I know you’re a

was starting to grow impatient. “I know,

of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you give birth, the faster your

get to it as soon

“Get to what?”

fell silent at the sound

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague! I’m hanging up,

the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a

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

Donnie couldn’t be bothered by

he leaned forward and grabbed hold of