You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Clarissa pouted unhappily, confirming his earlier guess.

Matthew ran a hand over her back to comfort her and chortled.

“Do you still need me to deal with the fish?”

Clarissa giggled along with him and rubbed her cheek against his chest affectionately.

“Back then, after my dad died and my mom left us, Uncle Jacob didn’t want to take care of Grandma and me. Aunt Gloria dared not defy his wishes. I don’t mind, but she’s Grandma’s daughter. How could they abandon her?”

Back then, they had to struggle to survive.

Clarissa remembered how her grandmother took care of her. They cut off ties with Gloria’s family. Gloria would only show up with some food during holidays and such.

The reason Clarissa despised Gloria was because the latter refused to take care of her own mother.

After that, life got better, and they even bought a new house. Gloria and her family kept showing up in an attempt to mend their relationship, but Clarissa had never welcomed them.

As Catherine only had a daughter left, she had no choice but to allow them to visit her grandmother.

Even so, Clarissa refused to treat them nicely.

After listening to her explanation, Matthew felt sorry for her.

Previously, Ellie told him how Clarissa was brought up by her grandmother. The latter had experienced many tough situations in life, so there was a flaw in her character.

He didn’t really believe Ellie until they had a fight and broke up later. Matthew finally understood why Clarissa reacted that way.

Even so, he felt his heart shattering into a million pieces when she told him her story.

She went over her experience briefly, but Matthew could imagine how much trouble she and Catherine had gone through back then.

I wonder how they managed to survive.

Matthew tightened his arms around her and planted a kiss on her hair.

Suddenly, someone barged into the kitchen. Matthew and Clarissa hurriedly jumped apart.

“Clare, Matthew,” the unwanted visitor greeted them with a grin. “My mom told me to come help you.”

It was Clarissa’s cousin, who was still in high school. The young girl had put on thick makeup, so she didn’t look like a teenager. Her clothes were revealing as well.

Even though she claimed to be here to help them out, her gaze was fixated on Matthew.

“Mimi Lester, if you’re here to help, we’ll leave. You can take over.”

Clarissa wasn’t about to talk to her cousin nicely.

Mimi snorted and stepped forward to grab Matthew’s arm, but the man swerved out of her reach.

when she’s cooking. You should head out. We can’t let our guests cook, can we? By the way, I heard you’re from D City. I’m planning to enroll in the art college there.

annoyed Clarissa

of Mimi

what are you doing?”

her angrily until Mimi pouted and left the kitchen

she walked out, she

gently and kissed

getting mad at someone like her, hmm? You have your grandma and your Uncle

smiled at his

him a coy glance. “Mind your words. What if Grandma hears

Uncle Matthew? Hmph!

how I call him in private. If

the tension in the kitchen

living room, the Lesters and Catherine were engaged in

Does he have a house in D City? He looks handsome. Is

nonsense. Matthew seems like

up when the adults

father, Jacob Lester, sat aside and smoked without

D City. It doesn’t matter whether he has a house as

told the old neighbors Clary earned so much and would be able to

regretted boasting about her granddaughter in front of her friends. But she did that to find

would

if she’s rich, she spent it all on the

Catherine insisted Clarissa had spent all her money, Gloria’s lips twitched and stopped pressing on. Well, I still

judging from how she treats us, she might not agree

to the table, Clarissa didn’t

was in a good mood as Matthew

the Lesters couldn’t relax on the

wasn’t because of Clarissa’s unwelcoming gesture;

all they wanted to do was

He looks scary.

shrimps and removed the thorns in the fish for Catherine.

What do your parents work as? Which

your business,” Catherine

humiliated by her

Matt, come, let’s drink. If Clary’s father is

choice but to

chatted with her grandmother

I’ll head to D City to attend the college entrance test soon. Can I visit Matthew there? Oh, can I stay at

as Mimi has to go to D City alone. As

and didn’t

expression darkened, but she said

are plenty of people taking the exam. Do they all have relatives in D City? Mimi is taking the test with her friends, right? Where will her friends be