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.”

in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn

playing with the lighter between his fingers. The tiny flame dancing and

went to the kitchen and

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

“Hm?”

up at her, his eyes glinting

“No. I’m just saying.”

deep laughter rang out in the silence. “I like the

eyes. “I’m

room. Now that her mind was cleared

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

face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth

kissed her without a second thought, moving his lips against

now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath before

her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a

minutes

and was nearly going to miss

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

embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in the dining

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

for waking up late.

anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

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

she took her laptop and went to the living room, her mind wandering as she

situation with

her emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that

way because it

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

snapped out of her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson

your phone is

“Oh…”

phone and took a moment to

excited face appeared on screen as soon as Clarissa accepted

see you so well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone

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

Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is that the place your mom

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

the phone’s front

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

times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know,

friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you

okay! I get it! I’ll get to it as

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at the sound of Matthew’s

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague! I’m

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

was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so

couldn’t be bothered by her forced, obvious

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