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.”

didn’t seem to be in the casual, light-hearted mood from earlier. Instead, his expression was solemn

lighting it up, he started playing with the lighter

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

tell him, “Smoking is bad for your health, same goes for staying

“Hm?”

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

“No. I’m just saying.”

in the silence. “I like the

rolled her eyes. “I’m going to

her room. Now that her mind was cleared

open, and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of the bed, he

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

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

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

in the sky. Turning over and stretching her body, she opened her eyes and blinked drowsily for a moment. The sleepiness quickly disappeared when her unfamiliar surroundings finally registered

minutes past

and was nearly

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

guest room, feeling embarrassed when she bumped into Mrs. Lawson in

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

so sorry for

anything. Would you like to

“Yes, thank you…”

Clarissa started making preparations for lunch. Her reason for doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and

Then, she took her laptop and went to the

this ambiguous situation with Matthew

clearly understood that Matthew was not the

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

the Clarissa that used to meticulously plan

“Miss? Miss?”

out of her daze at the sound

phone

“Oh…”

moment to calm herself down. It was

appeared on screen as soon

Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money because it doesn’t

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

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? Is that the place

quite clean and cozy, so

the phone’s front camera didn’t capture her

are the men? How are their families? I’m telling you Clare, I’ve been through a lot

before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know, I know. I’m only twenty-six years old, Grandma. There’s no

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

okay! I get it! I’ll get to it as soon

“Get to what?”

fell silent at the sound

“Clare? Who is that?”

It’s just my colleague! I’m

hurriedly ended the call before whipping around to see that Matthew had entered the room.

back so early? I was just getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t have to worry about that

while Donnie couldn’t be bothered by her forced, obvious

forward and grabbed hold of