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 and his voice sounded

with the lighter between his fingers. The tiny flame dancing and flickering in the air looked

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

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

“Hm?”

eyes glinting in the

“No. I’m just saying.”

like the fact that you

“I’m going

room. Now that her mind was cleared

the side of the bed, he felt

at her face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth in

without a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she

facing him. He shook his

body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered in her mind. She sat

twenty minutes past

and was nearly going

set of brand

embarrassed when she

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

I’m so sorry for waking up

didn’t say anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

got 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 some free time on

Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went

this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

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

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

used to meticulously plan

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound

your phone is

“Oh…”

her phone and took a moment to calm herself down. It

as soon as

you so 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

can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a very useful

everything to

just a small apartment. It’s quite clean

angle of the phone’s front camera didn’t

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 very beautiful girl, but you shouldn’t be too picky

and she was starting to grow

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

get it! I’ll get to it

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at the sound of Matthew’s

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague! I’m hanging

had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a kind smile and a nod

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

be

in the room, he leaned forward