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.”

the back of her hands, which rested on the man’s chest as she questioned, “Why don’t you tell me how different are we from

Matthew saw in the woman’s eyes a gleam of expectation from him to

brushed playfully at Clarissa’s long eyelashes, causing the latter to blink

to pester, “So, what is

between you two is that I love

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 look in her

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

Matthew held the woman in his arms and asked smilingly, “So,

just ask me straight out what I want for my birthday? Where

a little as she spoke, “There’s nothing

felt so contented with her life now

birthday present he should get

last time, I can’t be downgrading her birthday present now. I have

If she had known that he was planning to up his game for her birthday, she would have

Lesters, who had agreed to work together with Shermaine, had been having the

fees, arranged for them to

the woman needed their help badly

hand, was more 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 Mimi expand her network considerably in the

low for a while, Shermaine decided she should become

a judge to pass a

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

had attracted a large swath of comments from internet users, most of them were

all, she had become more thick-skinned to whatever

Shermaine appeared in front of cameras, a new figure was always next to her: Mimi

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

had come to see her as more of a family member than Clarissa was. After all, Shermaine was the one