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 earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and his

with the

else to her. Steeling herself, Clarissa went to the kitchen and

before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking

“Hm?”

her, his eyes glinting

“No. I’m just saying.”

like the

eyes. “I’m going to sleep.

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

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 her peaceful sleeping

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

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

back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath before silently exiting the

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

minutes

missed breakfast and was nearly going to

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

when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in the

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for waking up late. Um, about

didn’t say anything.

“Yes, thank you…”

food in her, Clarissa started making preparations for lunch. Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the

sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her

knew that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

emotions 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

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

to meticulously plan out

“Miss? Miss?”

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

phone

“Oh…”

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

appeared on screen as soon as Clarissa accepted

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 too! How

You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a very useful feature if you don’t have

I’m old doesn’t mean I’ve gotten stupid. Besides, Julia’s already explained everything to me. By the way, where are

It’s quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have

front camera didn’t capture her

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,

many times before and she was starting to

and starting families of their own. The younger you are when

it! I’ll get to it as soon as possible,

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at the sound of

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague! I’m

the call before whipping around to see that 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 have to worry

while Donnie couldn’t be bothered by

leaned forward and