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.”

casual, light-hearted mood from

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

to the

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

“Hm?”

at her, his eyes glinting in the dark. “Is that concern I

“No. I’m just saying.”

like the fact that you never say what you

her eyes. “I’m going

hurried back to her room. Now that her mind was cleared of all nonsensical thoughts, she was able to fall asleep rather

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,

second thought, moving his lips

shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently exiting the

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

twenty minutes past

missed breakfast and was nearly going

got up and spotted a set of brand new clothes for her to wear

out of the guest room, feeling embarrassed when she bumped into

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

Lawson, I’m so sorry for waking

anything. Would

“Yes, thank you…”

reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every

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

this ambiguous situation with

clearly understood that Matthew was not the

this way because it was what she had been

to meticulously

“Miss? Miss?”

out of her daze at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling her

your phone

“Oh…”

and took a moment to calm herself

on screen as soon as Clarissa accepted

my, it is 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

this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know.

stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are you

It’s quite clean and

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

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.

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

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

get to

“Get to what?”

silent at the sound

“Clare? Who is that?”

It’s just my colleague! I’m hanging

to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed

leave.

be bothered by her

leaned forward and grabbed hold of Clarissa’s chin to kiss