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. Instead, his expression was solemn

started playing with the lighter between

the

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

“Hm?”

looked up at her, his eyes glinting in the

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

her eyes. “I’m going to sleep.

Now that her mind was cleared

her room was slowly pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side

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

leaned down and kissed her without a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she made

now facing him. He shook his head and

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

twenty minutes

nearly

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

embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in the

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

for waking

didn’t say anything. Would you like

“Yes, thank you…”

started making preparations for lunch. Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and she had some free time

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

knew that this ambiguous situation with

with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for her, but her heart kept

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

meticulously

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound of

your phone is

“Oh…”

picked up her phone and took a moment to calm

as soon

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

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

I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is that the place your mom arranged for

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

the phone’s front camera didn’t capture her current

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

starting to grow impatient.

married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you give birth,

I’ll get to it as soon

“Get to what?”

fell silent at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

my colleague! I’m

entered the room. Donnie followed behind him,

to leave. I’ll

chuckled while Donnie couldn’t be bothered by her forced,

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