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.”

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

it up, he started playing with the lighter between his

went to the

of the kitchen before sighing heavily, turning around to tell him, “Smoking is bad

“Hm?”

his eyes glinting in the dark.

“No. I’m just saying.”

like the fact that you never say what you

“I’m going to sleep.

room. Now that her mind was cleared of

Standing by the side of the bed, he felt envy well up

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

a second thought, moving his lips

He shook his

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

minutes past

had missed breakfast and was nearly going

brand

room, feeling embarrassed when she

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

sorry for waking up late. Um,

didn’t say anything.

“Yes, thank you…”

doing so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day,

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 she

that this ambiguous situation

her emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew

way because it was what she

Clarissa that used to meticulously plan out

“Miss? Miss?”

at the sound of Mrs. Lawson

phone is

“Oh…”

her phone and took a moment to calm herself down. It was

excited face appeared on screen as soon as Clarissa

is Clare! I can see you so well! Julia taught me about this new feature. She said it saves money

smiled warmly. “Grandma, are you sure you’re just doing this to save on phone bills? You can only make this kind of call when you’re at

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 your mom arranged for

quite clean and

front camera

called me a few days ago, saying you were taking care of her 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, 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 if he’s slightly older than you. I know

too many times before and she was starting to grow impatient. “I know,

already getting married and starting families

get it! I’ll get to it as soon as

“Get to what?”

fell silent at the sound

“Clare? Who is that?”

just my colleague! I’m hanging

had entered the

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

be

forward and grabbed hold of