You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Matthew did know Clarissa’s birthday from her ID card, but not the unconventional name day.

It was Clarissa’s family tradition to celebrate their name days instead of the traditional calendar birthdays.

Matthew would not have known if Catherine had not alerted him.

“I’m sorry, Catherine. I didn’t know your family celebrates name days instead of calendar birthdays.”

Nevertheless, he did have some time to prepare for it.

Catherine chuckled lightly as she said, “That’s alright, Matt. You couldn’t have known. It’s really only a few days away from her calendar birthday and you can treat it just like her birthday. So let’s just prepare more food for the occasion.”

Tilting her head in Matthew’s direction, Clarissa looked at the man wittingly with her brow lifted.

The delighted glint in the woman’s eyes clearly suggested that she did not just expect more party food for her birthday.

Rather, they seemed to indicate that some sort of presents should be in order.

That cheeky look cracked Matthew up as he returned Clarissa’s gaze with a manly chortle.

The way the couple exchanged affectionate looks at each other did not escape Catherine’s eyes as she looked at them with a smile. The elder woman had an early dinner and retreated into her bedroom and left the pair alone.

The content of their conversation afterward, however, was anything but corny and cheesy.

Clarissa’s mind was occupied by something else.

She had been informed by Gina of Shermaine’s encounter with the Lesters in the morning. I must say I admire her tenacity in this matter. But what trick is she going to pull by involving the Lesters? I hope she’s not thinking to use them as bargaining chips to make me leave Matthew. If yes, her plan will be destined to fail as I don’t care for what they do at all. That’s not a wise move on her part.

Clarissa then recounted the incident to Matthew. “What puzzles me is that, so what if she succeeds in breaking us up? With her rock-bottom reputation, there’s no way your mom will take her in as daughter-in-law. In such a way, we’re actually not that different from each other. So, my question is, why is she still doing all these things? Is it just because it’s now become something personal for her and she just wants to see me suffer?”

Stroking her hair, Matthew refuted matter-of-factly, “There’s a big difference between the two of you.”

face as she turned around and rested her body on top of Matthew. Her chin rested on the back of her hands, which rested on the man’s chest as she

saw in the woman’s eyes a

affectionate smile appeared on the man’s face as his fingertips brushed playfully at Clarissa’s long eyelashes, causing the latter to

pester, “So, what is

replied lazily, “Fine. The biggest difference between you two is

was rendered momentarily speechless by the man’s bold profession of love for her. In the next moment, she let out a satisfactory laugh and patted his chest to indicate a job well done. “Not bad, not bad. Your argument is very sound,” Clarissa spoke with an unmistakable triumph

so that when he lowered his head, his mouth could reach her

kissed playfully for a few moments before Matthew held the woman in his arms and asked smilingly, “So,

just ask me straight out what I want for my birthday? Where did all the sweet talks and romantic gestures go? This is such

little as she

there was nothing that she wanted. She just felt so contented with her life now that she did not feel like anything was missing in her

present

I can’t be downgrading her birthday present now. I have to think of something better

completely unaware of what the man was planning in his head. If she had known that he was planning to up his game for her birthday, she would have rejected it outright. She was not one

with Shermaine, had been

arranged for them to move into

Shermaine confirmed their belief that the woman needed

than happy to cater to their greed. To top things off, Shermaine took Mimi under her wings and introduced her to a few of her associates in the showbiz circle and film academy. Shermaine also helped

while, Shermaine decided she should become more

to pass a verdict. Thus, despite her dreadful reputation, Shermaine

had not severed ties with her,

different image from her prior arrogant and aloof impression; everywhere she went, she was smiling cheerfully into the cameras. Even when the reporters pestered her on

attracted a large swath of comments from internet users, most of them were there to give her a piece of their mind. To Shermaine, these were all publicity that

all, she had become more thick-skinned to whatever attacks

front of cameras, a new figure was always next to her:

with Shermaine, Mimi was impervious to the negative news surrounding Shermaine, as long as she managed to gain media exposure in the process. She even felt grateful for Shermaine’s help in acquainting her to

as more of a family member than Clarissa was. After all, Shermaine was the one who was willing to pull the strings for Mimi in advancing her career, whereas all Clarissa