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.”

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

saw in the woman’s eyes a gleam of expectation

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

pester, “So, what is it?

biggest difference between you two is that I love you,

she let out a satisfactory laugh and patted his chest to indicate a job well done. “Not bad, not bad. Your

onto Clarissa’s body and lifted her closer to him so that when he lowered his head, his mouth could reach

for a few moments before Matthew held the woman in his arms and asked smilingly, “So, what do you want for your

out what I want for my birthday? Where did all the sweet talks and romantic gestures go? This is such a buzzkill. Isn’t birthday gift

a little as she spoke, “There’s nothing that I

not entirely lying when she said there was nothing that she wanted. She just felt so contented with her life now that

pondered on what birthday present he should get

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

once more, 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 who enjoyed

together with

for them to move into a nice

they were treated by Shermaine confirmed their belief that the woman needed their help badly and would do anything to please

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 Mimi expand her network considerably in the entertainment industry. But she had yet to ask of any

for a while, Shermaine

was still no concrete evidence for a judge to pass a verdict.

her cash and some showbiz communities who had not severed ties with her, Shermaine could still be seen

everywhere she went, she was smiling cheerfully into the cameras. Even when the reporters pestered her on questions regarding her

large swath of comments from internet users, most of them were there to give her a piece

more thick-skinned to

cameras, a new figure was always next to her:

to gain media exposure in the process. She even felt grateful for Shermaine’s help in acquainting her to people she deemed helpful in

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 did was lecturing her for her life