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

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

to the kitchen and drank from a water bottle before leaving for

steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same

“Hm?”

his eyes glinting in

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

“I’m

to her room. Now that her mind was cleared of

by the side of the bed,

he realized that she was breathing through her

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

now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath

sun was already hanging high in the sky. Turning over and stretching her body, she opened her eyes and blinked

minutes

and was nearly going to miss lunch as

her temples, she got up and spotted a set of brand new clothes for her

when she bumped

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

I’m so sorry for waking up late. Um, about

say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

Her reason for doing so was that

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

knew that this ambiguous situation

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

 She thought that maybe things were continuing this way because it was what she had been unconsciously

meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson

your phone is

“Oh…”

quickly picked up her phone and took a moment to calm herself

as soon as Clarissa accepted

Julia taught me about this new feature. She said

you sure you’re just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re

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?

It’s quite clean and cozy, so you

the angle of the phone’s front

called me a few days ago, saying you were taking care of 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

and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years old,

and starting families of their own. The younger you are

it! I’ll get to it as soon

“Get to what?”

fell silent at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague!

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

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

while Donnie couldn’t be bothered by her

in the room, he leaned forward