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.”

be in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn and his

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

went to the kitchen and drank from a

took a few steps out of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad

“Hm?”

looked up at her, his eyes glinting in

“No. I’m just saying.”

the silence. “I like the fact that you never say what you truly

rolled her eyes. “I’m

was cleared of all nonsensical

the side of the bed, he felt envy well up inside

realized that she was breathing through her mouth in shallow, even breaths, her small and perfectly shaped lips slightly

his lips against hers until she made a sound of discomfort in

flipped over, her back now facing him. He shook his head and laughed under his breath

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

twenty minutes

was nearly

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

out of the guest room, feeling embarrassed when

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for waking up late. Um, about

sir didn’t say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to

food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went to the living room, her mind wandering as she sat on the

that this ambiguous situation with Matthew was not

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

that maybe things were continuing this way because it was what she had been unconsciously hoping for all

Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out every single detail

“Miss? Miss?”

of her daze at the sound

phone is

“Oh…”

a moment to calm herself down.

on screen as soon as Clarissa

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

just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at home, you know. It’s not a very useful feature if you

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

it’s just a small apartment. It’s quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have to worry

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

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,

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

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

get to it as soon as possible,

“Get to what?”

at

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m hanging

the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind

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

couldn’t be bothered by her forced, obvious

presence in the room, he leaned forward