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.”

mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was

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

anything else to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen

a few steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad

“Hm?”

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

“No. I’m just saying.”

“I like the fact that

eyes. “I’m

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

in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt

she was breathing through her mouth in

lips against hers until

now facing him. He shook his head and

hanging high in the sky. Turning over and stretching her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when

twenty minutes past

and was nearly

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

guest room, feeling embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs.

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for waking

didn’t say anything. Would

“Yes, thank you…”

some food in her, Clarissa 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

before noon and tasked someone 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

knew that this ambiguous situation

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

thought that maybe things were continuing this way because it was what she

the Clarissa that used to meticulously

“Miss? Miss?”

at the sound

phone

“Oh…”

up her phone and took a moment to

excited face appeared on screen as soon

is Clare! I can see you so well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said

make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not

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

quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have

angle of the phone’s front

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

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

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

I’ll get to it as soon as possible,

“Get to what?”

at the

“Clare? Who is that?”

It’s just my colleague!

the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room.

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

be

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