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.”

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

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

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

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

“Hm?”

looked up at her, his eyes glinting in the dark. “Is

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

her eyes. “I’m going to sleep.

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

slowly pushed open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well up inside of him as he watched

was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths, her small and perfectly

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

now facing him. He shook his

body, she opened her eyes and blinked

twenty minutes past

was nearly going to miss

set of brand new clothes for her to wear at the

embarrassed when she bumped into

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

I’m so sorry for

didn’t say anything. Would

“Yes, thank you…”

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

before noon and tasked someone with sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and

knew that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

understood that Matthew was not the right partner for her, but her heart kept

this way because it was what

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling

phone

“Oh…”

and took a moment to calm

appeared on screen as soon

this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t increase the phone bill, and I get to see you too! How

“Grandma, are you sure you’re just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you

stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me.

just a small apartment. It’s quite clean

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

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

to

already getting married and starting families of their own.

get it! I’ll get

“Get to what?”

silent at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague!

call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a kind smile and

ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner,

Donnie couldn’t be bothered

he leaned forward and grabbed hold of Clarissa’s