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

between his lips and lighting it up, he started playing with the

the kitchen and drank from a water bottle before leaving

heavily, turning around to tell

“Hm?”

glinting in the dark. “Is that

“No. I’m just saying.”

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

“I’m going to

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

open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well up inside of him as he watched

look at her face, he realized that she was breathing through her mouth in

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

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

her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness

twenty minutes past

missed breakfast and was nearly going to miss

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

room, feeling embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs.

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

sorry for waking up late. Um, about

alright, sir didn’t say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

that

before noon and tasked someone with sending the food to Matthew. Then, she took her laptop and went to the living room, her mind wandering as

situation with Matthew

brain clearly understood that Matthew was

way because it was

that used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

out of her daze at the sound

your phone

“Oh…”

a moment to calm herself

as soon as Clarissa accepted the

so well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money

this kind of call when

everything to me.

quite clean and cozy, so you don’t have to worry

phone’s front camera

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

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

married and starting families of their own. The younger you are when you give birth, the faster

I’ll get to it as soon as possible,

“Get to what?”

at

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m hanging up,

ended the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room. Donnie followed behind him, giving a kind smile and a nod

early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so

Donnie couldn’t be

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