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.”

from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and his voice sounded

playing with the lighter between his fingers. The tiny

didn’t say anything else to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and

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

“Hm?”

her, his eyes glinting in the dark. “Is

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

eyes. “I’m

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

walked in. Standing by the side

realized that she was breathing through her mouth

a second thought, moving his lips against hers

flipped over, her back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his

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

twenty minutes past

missed breakfast and was nearly going to miss lunch as

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

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for waking up late. Um, about

anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

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

with sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went to the living room, her mind wandering as she sat on the

situation with Matthew was not

wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for

that maybe things were continuing this way

to meticulously plan

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound of

phone is

“Oh…”

her phone and took a moment to calm herself down.

excited face appeared on screen as soon as Clarissa accepted the

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

save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home,

I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you

small apartment. It’s quite clean

phone’s front camera didn’t capture her current

you gone on any yet? How are the men? How are their families? I’m telling you Clare, I’ve been

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

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

get it! I’ll get to it as soon as

“Get to what?”

at the sound of Matthew’s

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m

around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie

awkwardly, Clarissa asked, “Why are you back so early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t

couldn’t be bothered by

forward and grabbed hold of Clarissa’s chin to kiss