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.

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

went to the kitchen and drank from a

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

“Hm?”

eyes glinting in the

“No. I’m just saying.”

like the fact that

“I’m going

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

and Matthew walked in. Standing by the side of

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

a second thought, moving his lips against hers until she made a

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

eyes and blinked drowsily

minutes

had missed breakfast and was nearly going

and spotted a set of brand new clothes for her to wear at the

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

“You’re finally awake, Miss.”

for waking

sir didn’t say anything. Would you

“Yes, thank you…”

so was that fresh produce was being delivered to the house every day, and she had some

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

that this ambiguous situation

emotions were internally wrestling with each other. Her brain clearly understood that Matthew was not the right partner for

continuing this way because it was what she had been unconsciously

used to meticulously plan out every single

“Miss? Miss?”

at the sound of Mrs. Lawson calling

your phone

“Oh…”

her phone and took a moment to calm herself

excited face appeared on screen as

it is Clare! 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

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 home,

explained everything to me. By the way,

it’s just a small apartment. It’s quite clean and cozy, so you

front camera didn’t capture

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.

was starting to

already getting married and starting families of their own. The

I get it! I’ll get to it as

“Get to what?”

immediately fell silent at the sound

“Clare? Who is that?”

colleague! I’m hanging up,

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

getting ready to leave. I’ll come back later to make dinner, so you don’t have to worry

Donnie couldn’t be

forward and grabbed hold