You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

“Ellie! I was about to call you to come downstairs. Come, let me introduce you to some friends.”

Yuliana introduced the women to her daughter. “Young people like yourselves should have lots of things to talk about. Enjoy!”

Apparently, her mother had put her in charge of accompanying the guests.

Ellie reluctantly walked over to the group of young women and sat down with them.

As they sat together, the women never seemed to stop talking about Matthew.

Ellie, burying her annoyance, casually responded to their chat.

Eventually, she got tired of it and simply scrolled on her phone, ignoring them. Those women seemed to have noticed Ellie’s mood as well. They stopped interacting with her.

Some of the smarter ones went ahead to entertain Margaret, while others sought out Yuliana. They merely saw Ellie as their junior and believed Matthew’s niece was of no help to them.

In return, Ellie got the peace she wanted.

It was already getting dark outside, since the days were shorter in the winter. Nevertheless, the Tysons had their house brightly lit inside and out.

Sienna and Matthew made their entrance one after another. When Yuliana saw them, she quickly abandoned the other women. She was obviously more hospitable towards Sienna compared to the rest.

“Sienna, what a surprise to see you with Matthew! Did he pick you up himself?”

Yuliana’s comment had been suggestive on purpose.

Sienna responded quite generously. “We ran into each other at the gate, that’s all. Yuliana, I hope I’m not late.”

“No, of course you’re not. Come in, come in. Matthew, I’ll leave Sienna in your care. I have to tend to other guests.”

Yuliana shoved Sienna towards Matthew. Her attempt to set them up was too obvious.

The other women were not happy with what they saw. They knew about Sienna, being from the same circle after all and having met on several occasions. They never thought they would meet such a strong competitor here.

Ellie looked on apathetically. Sienna seemed to be much more cunning than Shermaine.

Sienna did not show a single trace of smugness just because she ‘seemed’ close to Matthew. Her expression, her smile, and her attitude remained casual and appropriate, and she did not let herself seem too intimate or too distant.

“Matt, happy birthday.”

Sienna presented her gift to Matthew, who did not even give it as much as a glimpse. He accepted the item and thanked her with little emotion.

“Thanks.”

The other women at the scene caught on. They hurried over to Matthew with their gifts and wished him a happy birthday.

Ellie chose this time to play the part of a generous host. “Come, ladies. I’ll be safeguarding your presents on my uncle’s behalf. You can leave them to me.”

She took all the gifts and then set them aside, providing Matthew some relief.

opportunity to

could not hide their flushed cheeks as their hearts threatened to pop out. They felt honored to have been in such close contact with Matthew. Each of them desperately wished that the man

reserve on their faces. When another round of conversation started, they were in such desperate need to display their

listened to their conversation from the sidelines. The women began to discuss current events, business, and then eventually Faulkner, Hemingway,

Ugh…

there scrolling on her phone, adding nothing to the conversation. Shortly after that, she rose from her seat and went to look for Yuliana. The two of them seemed to have a lot more

certainly getting

does that mean all the good men in the world belong to them? Uncle

made her way upstairs

George. Ellie popped

in the world gone extinct? They never take their

granddaughter, clearly not in

you all rush into things is embarrassing. The women

in a rush.

He preferred to let others make a

bothered by these worldly affairs. After retirement, he had been living a life of leisure, never

flew off the wall, he

looking for a girlfriend at the moment, otherwise… do they really think he needs

her uncle. “Isn’t

agreed with her,

just stand by and let them run the show. It’ll be bad if both sides go head to head with

pawn forward. He lifted his head and faced Ellie. ”Is there a secret between the two of you that I should

don’t have any secrets. What makes you think

eagerly denied it at first, but the fact that she overdid it made her seem

she shifted her tone. “Grandpa, even if there’s a secret between Uncle Matt and I, that’s our secret. You shouldn’t ask about it. I have lots of secrets growing up.

“Right…”

it before asking another question. “You’ve been acting quite strangely when it comes to your

Matt. For someone of his great stature to be forced

was exactly what had

without Clarissa in the picture, she really thought

Matthew. “So, is there a

intently at the chessboard, not at

eyes ever so slightly and replied, “Whether I have one or not,

man

have a talk with your

that, I’m sure Grandma will listen. Grandpa, you’re wonderful! I

fueled by excitement, pulled her grandfather into a hug and gave him an affectionate kiss as

old man pretended to be disgusted by intimacy. “For goodness’ sake, Ellie. You’re a grown woman

Grandpa. I

bubble for long either. They could not hide up there all night. Eventually,

the world below, the guests huddled around the man of the hour with a birthday cake. They lit the candles and asked that he

would never do

did them on his behalf. She blew the candles and cut the cake,

his indifference formed a sharp contrast, so much so that even Margaret’s attempts to mediate were proven ineffective, leading