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.

took the opportunity

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

were in such desperate need to display their

from the sidelines. The women began to discuss current events, business, and

Ugh…

at Sienna, who 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

certainly getting

a 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

snorted and made her

to be in the study, playing chess with George. Ellie popped in, made herself comfortable, and proceeded to

Have all the men in the world gone extinct? They never take their eyes off you, Uncle Matt.

once as his eyes flitted to his granddaughter, clearly not in favor of her manner

Ellie curled her lips. “Grandpa, you can cough, but I’m just telling it like it is. Do you really think Uncle Matt can’t find 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 become a man of second

not in a rush. Your

intervened in matters like this. He preferred to let

least bothered by these worldly affairs. After retirement, he had been living a life of leisure, never worrying about anything and never needing

off the wall, he

all. He’s just not looking for a girlfriend at

face her uncle.

agreed with her,

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

lifted his head and faced Ellie. ”Is there a secret between the two

have any secrets. What makes you think

it at first, but the fact that

Uncle Matt and I, that’s our secret.

“Right…”

mulled over it before asking another question. “You’ve been acting quite strangely when it comes to your uncle’s marriage. Are you hiding something from

Matt into these arrangements, and I can’t stand it. I have always admired Uncle Matt. For someone of his great stature to be forced by his own family to get married, with so little freedom… I just can’t stand

exactly what

the picture, she really thought

is

chessboard, not at

so slightly and replied, “Whether I have

man grew

I’ll have a talk with your

Grandpa. If you do that, I’m sure

pulled her grandfather into a hug and gave him an affectionate kiss as an expression

disgusted by intimacy. “For goodness’ sake, Ellie. You’re

my way, Grandpa. I love you too much. You’re the

They could not

the guests huddled around the man of the hour with a birthday cake. They lit the

do any

the candles

so much so that even Margaret’s attempts to mediate were proven