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

the man would fall in love with them. Somehow, everyone was confident that they had shown their best side, and

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 intelligence that they dropped their trivial talk

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

Ugh…

to the conversation. Shortly after that, she rose from her seat and went to look for Yuliana. The two of them seemed to

behavior was certainly

one man, right? He’s 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 even realize that

and made

chess with George. Ellie popped in, made herself comfortable, and proceeded to complain about the

seems laughable. Have all the men in the world gone extinct? They never take their eyes

granddaughter, clearly not in favor of her manner

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

in a

in matters like this. He preferred to let others make

these worldly affairs. After retirement, he had been living a life of

flew off the wall,

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

to face her uncle. “Isn’t that

agreed with her,

them run the show. It’ll be bad

chessboard carefully and, after pondering for some time, moved a black pawn forward. He lifted his

have any secrets.

the fact that she

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

“Right…”

been acting quite strangely when it comes

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

picture, she really thought that

Matthew. “So, is there a woman

gazed intently at the chessboard, not at all shaken by

eyes ever so slightly and replied, “Whether I have one or not, I’ll take charge

old man grew

tonight, I’ll have a

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

and gave him an affectionate

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

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

his peaceful bubble for long either. They could

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

never do

Ellie who did them on his behalf. She blew the candles and cut the cake, apparently in a much better

surrounded by several women. Their enthusiasm and his indifference formed a sharp contrast, so