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.

the opportunity to

honored 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 must

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 their

to

Ugh…

the conversation. Shortly after that, she rose from her seat and went to

was certainly

good 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

and made her

Ellie popped in, made herself comfortable, and proceeded to complain about the women

desperate, it almost seems laughable. Have all the men in the world gone extinct? They never take their eyes off you, Uncle Matt. I mean it, they’re just one step away from ripping

to his granddaughter, clearly not in favor of her

rush into

in a rush. Your grandmother

this. He preferred to let others make

affairs. After retirement, he had been living a life

flew off the wall, he did not

Grandma? She doesn’t understand Uncle Matt at all. He’s just not looking for a girlfriend at the moment, otherwise… do they

her uncle. “Isn’t that right,

with

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

examined the chessboard carefully and, after pondering for some time, moved a black pawn forward. He lifted his head and faced Ellie. ”Is there a secret

don’t have any secrets. What makes you think

fact that she overdid

Matt and I, that’s our secret. You shouldn’t ask about it. I have lots of secrets growing up. Why do you ask?

“Right…”

it before asking another question. “You’ve been acting quite strangely

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

exactly what had

the picture, she really thought that

man glanced at Matthew. “So, is there a woman I

gazed intently at the chessboard, not at all shaken by his father’s

slightly and replied, “Whether I have one or not, I’ll

man

I’ll have a talk

to hear, Grandpa. If you do that, I’m sure

and gave him an affectionate kiss as

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

my way, Grandpa. I love you

They could not hide up

the hour with a birthday cake. They lit the candles and asked that he make a

would never do

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

contrast, so much