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

lighting it up, he started playing with the lighter between

Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and

only took a few steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same goes for staying up

“Hm?”

his eyes glinting in the dark. “Is that

“No. I’m just saying.”

“I like the fact that you never say

her eyes. “I’m going to sleep.

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

Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well

at her face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths, her small and perfectly shaped

a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she made a sound of discomfort

her back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under

her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for

minutes

missed breakfast and was nearly going

her temples, she got 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. Lawson

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

sorry for

anything. Would you like

“Yes, thank you…”

Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered

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

this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right

way because it was what she had

wasn’t the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

at the sound of Mrs.

phone

“Oh…”

up her phone and took a moment to

excited face appeared on screen as soon as

Clare! I can see 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

can only make this kind of call when you’re at home,

everything to me. By the way, where are you staying? Is that the place your mom arranged for

it’s just a small apartment. It’s quite clean and cozy,

phone’s front camera

you Clare, I’ve been through a lot in my life. What’s most important is that

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

families

I get it! I’ll get

“Get to what?”

at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m hanging up,

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

so early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t

Donnie couldn’t be bothered

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