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.”

of Matthew. Her chin rested on the back of her hands, which rested on the

what Clarissa nonchalantly said, Matthew saw in the woman’s eyes a gleam of expectation from

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

what

biggest difference between you two is

laugh and patted his chest to indicate a job

closer to him so

a few moments before Matthew held

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

as she spoke, “There’s nothing

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

what birthday present

as an engagement gift last time, I can’t be downgrading her birthday present now. I have to

in his head. If she had known that he was planning to up his game for her birthday,

to work together with Shermaine, had been

arranged for them to move into a nice house,

Shermaine confirmed their belief that the woman needed

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

low for a while,

a verdict. Thus, despite her

and some showbiz communities who had not severed ties

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

all of her recent posts on social media had attracted a large swath of comments from internet users,

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

a new figure was always next to

exposure in the process. She even felt grateful for Shermaine’s help in acquainting

spending all that time with Shermaine, Mimi had come to see her as more of a family member than Clarissa was. After all, Shermaine was the one who was willing to pull