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,

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

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

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

“Hm?”

his eyes glinting in the dark.

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

“I’m going to

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

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

she was breathing through her mouth in

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

his head and laughed under

her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings

twenty minutes past

nearly going to miss

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

room, feeling embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for waking up late. Um,

didn’t say anything. Would you like

“Yes, thank you…”

Her reason for doing so was that fresh

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

knew that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was

were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for her, but her heart kept pulling her toward

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

to meticulously plan out every single detail of her

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling her

your phone

“Oh…”

a moment to calm

on screen as soon as

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

You can only make this kind of call when

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 place your mom arranged

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

front camera didn’t capture

her and 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

heard this speech way too many times before and she was starting to grow

‘there’s no rush?’ All of your friends are already getting married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you

get to

“Get to what?”

at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m

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

just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to

couldn’t be

in the room, he leaned forward and grabbed