You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Both the grandmother and granddaughter duo had no concern for Hilary any more.

Now that she had done things that way, she couldn’t expect them to still accept her as part of the family.

She had become a stranger to them, an annoying one at that.

She did not mention this matter to Matthew either, since revealing Hilary’s bad behavior would not benefit her in any way. Although she could treat Hilary coldly, she could not be mocking and talking badly about Hilary to others.

After that, the days went on as usual.

Clarissa’s birthday was approaching, but she did not make it a big deal. For the past few years, it was only Catherine who celebrated her birthday with her, cooking her tagliatelle for breakfast. Then in the evening, she would prepare a special dinner for her and they would make a wish and eat the cake. Clarissa had celebrated her birthday in low profile for more than twenty years, so she thought this year would be no different.

However, other people did not feel the same way.

Jeremy and the others had already started sending her presents in the group chat a few days earlier while urging Matthew to organize a birthday party for Clarissa.

Matthew rarely participated in the group chat, but when Jeremy suggested a birthday party, he agreed and asked Jeremy to organize it. Upon receiving Matthew’s orders, Jeremy gladly accepted the task.

Despite her attempts to refuse, Clarissa was completely ignored and they had started their discussion in the group chat already.

Should the venue be Zen Highlands or somewhere else, the party theme, who to invite…

The plan had already been set in motion. Some of them participated enthusiastically, even dragging Ellie into the group chat to discuss it further.

In comparison with the discussion of her wedding plan, Clarissa felt they had given more importance to her birthday party. There was even going to be a segment devoted to Matthew giving her a present.

While Clarissa pictured the situation, she couldn’t help but imagine that it would be as extravagant as him giving her the ring.

Clarissa discussed her thoughts and feelings with Matthew after he returned, but Matthew chuckled lightly and said, “This is not a bad thing if it really feels like that. It’s kind of like experiencing the wedding process in advance. Isn’t it good if we treat it as a wedding rehearsal?”

This made Clarissa roll her eyes and wrinkle her nose. “I won’t comment further then, alright? You can do whatever you want. I only hope it won’t be too extravagant, just a simple dinner party with a few friends, alright?”

Matthew kissed the corner of Clarissa’s lips and said, “I’ll speak to Jeremy about it, we will keep it simple.”

Clarissa felt relieved after hearing that. However, it might be too soon for her to feel that way because the simplicity she had in mind was very different from what Jeremy thought.

But she would worry about that later. As of now, Clarissa couldn’t imagine the outcome of the party Jeremy planned.

Recently, Clarissa began writing again. Hence, when Matthew came home, she didn’t cling to him like she usually did and that made him feel a bit empty.

In the past, she used to give him a hug or a kiss whenever he returned home. After dinner, she would stay close to him even if they had nothing to say, accompanying each other warmly while they went about their own business.

only appeared at dinner. Following that, they went for a

if she were by his side. Hence,

protest directly in front of Catherine, but when Catherine wasn’t around, he picked her up and

was wearing her fleece pajamas that came with a hat, so Matthew

hey, Matthew, don’t go overboard. What are you doing? I’m not a radish,

protested, she was

 Did I do anything to anger him? Come to think of it, I’ve been behaving well recently. I haven’t even gone out of the house because of the cold

pondered on that, Matthew immediately noticed

she finally ended up on the sofa, he got on top of her, trapping her between his body

to keep a distance between her and Matthew, then she said in a trembling voice, “Can we talk

and

 I also want to know what we need to

it was impossible for her to

her face, Clarissa smiled

Uncle Matthew, but you did not praise me, what are

of her saying she was innocent so there was no reason for

curled as his darkened

said, “Uncle Matthew, why don’t you kiss me

be happy after seeing that I’ve taken the

cheek, she became

so slowly, does it mean she no longer cares about

felt unhappy. In the end, he couldn’t help but pinch

come home, you’re still busy working. Should I be happy that you’ll soon become

Busy?

wanted to reply that she wasn’t

as soon as she heard Matthew’s

be that he’s complaining about me for not giving him more of my

I was so inspired lately that I want to put them into writing. I just wanted to write more when I’m feeling the rhythm, so I can produce

actually a gift she wanted to

about it yet, so she kept it

on the other hand, was feeling slightly upset after hearing

you’ve agreed not to write before

control it when I

Then

because she felt that there was an underlying message

was hard for her to look at Matthew directly because of the thoughts swirling in her head. He nibbled at her earlobe and said in a deep, burning voice, “It seems that Clare and I are thinking about the same thing. Very well, since we are so