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

to have been in such close contact with Matthew. Each of them desperately wished that the man would fall in love with them. Somehow, everyone was confident that they had shown their best side, and had even made themselves believe that Matthew

gradually sat down with hints of bashfulness and reserve on their faces. When another round of conversation started, they were in such desperate need to display

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

Ugh…

sat 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 in

was certainly getting on Ellie’s

man, but does that mean all the good men in the world belong to them? Uncle Matt is so obviously uninterested in any of those women. Do they even

made her way upstairs

in the study, playing chess with George. Ellie popped in, made herself

gone extinct? They never take their eyes off you, Uncle Matt. I mean it, they’re just

flitted to his granddaughter, clearly not in favor of her

the right woman? Honestly, the way you all rush into things is embarrassing. The women out there are going to think that Uncle Matt is going to be single for life. If this goes on, Uncle Matt will

a

intervened in matters like this. He preferred to let others make a

a life of leisure, never worrying about anything and never needing to.

when his wife flew off the wall, he did

can’t you talk some sense into Grandma? She doesn’t understand Uncle Matt at all. He’s just not looking for a girlfriend at the moment, otherwise… do they really think he needs their help to get

to face her uncle. “Isn’t that right,

agreed with

can’t just stand by and let them run the show. It’ll be bad if both sides go head to head

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

have any secrets.

at first, but the fact that she

a secret between Uncle Matt and I, that’s our

“Right…”

“You’ve been acting quite strangely when it comes to your uncle’s marriage. Are

stand it. I have always admired Uncle Matt. For someone of his great stature to be forced by his own family to get married,

that was exactly what had

in the picture, she really

old man glanced at Matthew. “So, is there a woman I don’t know

not

I have one or not, I’ll take

man

After tonight, I’ll have

hear, Grandpa. If you do that, I’m sure Grandma will listen. Grandpa, you’re wonderful! I love

pulled her grandfather into a hug and gave him

to be disgusted by intimacy. “For goodness’ sake, Ellie. You’re a grown woman now. This

Grandpa. I love you too much.

stay in his peaceful bubble for long either. They could not hide up there all night. Eventually, they had to get

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

do any

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

by several women. Their enthusiasm and his indifference formed a sharp contrast, so much so that even Margaret’s attempts to mediate were proven ineffective, leading to an