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.”

smile flashed across Clarissa’s 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 questioned, “Why

the woman’s eyes a gleam of expectation from him to clarify what

as his fingertips brushed playfully at Clarissa’s long eyelashes, causing

what

The biggest difference between you two is that I

and patted his chest to indicate a

so that when he

happy to cooperate and they kissed playfully for a few moments before Matthew held the woman

Where did

pouted a little as she spoke,

that she wanted. She just felt so contented with her life now that she did not feel like anything was missing in

pondered on what birthday present he should get for

be downgrading her birthday present now. I have to think of

known that he was planning to up his game for her birthday, she would have rejected it outright. She

work together with Shermaine, had been having the time of

had paid for their hotel fees, arranged for them to move into a nice house, and

Shermaine confirmed their belief that the woman

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 Mimi expand her network considerably in the

lying low for a while, Shermaine

to pass a verdict. Thus, despite her dreadful reputation, Shermaine continued to enjoy her freedom by

her cash and some showbiz communities who had not severed ties with

prior arrogant and aloof impression; everywhere she went, she was smiling cheerfully into the cameras. Even when the reporters pestered her on questions regarding her court case, Shermaine managed to maintain her cool and did not get worked up at

did not concern her that all of her recent posts on social media had attracted a large swath of comments from internet users, most of them were there to give her a piece of their mind. To

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

front of cameras, a new

she managed to gain media exposure in the process. She even felt grateful for

After all, Shermaine was the one who was willing to pull the strings for Mimi in advancing her career, whereas all Clarissa did was