You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Even though it was a phone call, Clarissa could tell how happy and excited Damian was.

She chuckled. “Ah, did you come to pick me up? Just wait a moment with Daddy. I’ll be out immediately, alright?”

“Okay, Mommy! Just take your time. Daddy and I are waiting in the car.”

Damian then handed the phone to Matthew. With a low voice, he spoke to Clarissa tenderly.

“We’re still a few minutes away. There’s no need to rush.”

“Alright.”

After Clarissa hung up, she turned around and apologized. “I’m sorry, everyone. I have to go back. My son is on his way to pick me up.”

Clarissa was beaming as she said this. Anyone who saw her now would associate that smile with warmth and love.

Skyler was quite surprised. “Ms. Quigley, you have kids? I thought you were either my age or younger!”

This was definitely not a compliment, but something said out of surprise or shock.

After all, Clarissa did not look like a woman approaching thirty. They would only believe her if she said she was in her early twenties. Anyone who looked good was subjected to being treated very well, and the years have been kind to her.

Clarissa merely shook her head and smiled. “Thank you.”

“No need for that. I’m only speaking the truth.”

“If you hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known! A mother already? Gosh! If I had known sooner, I’d have discussed what raising your kids feels like.”

It was unexpectedly Leonard who said this.

“Another time, Leonard. We’ll be working together so there will be other opportunities. I’ll also be asking you for advice in return! Sorry everyone, but I have to go.”

“Well, we won’t keep you anymore. We’ll continue this another day.”

They did not take the initiative to ask Clarissa and her family to stay for dinner. In this industry, there were many shallow friendships but not too many meaningful relationships.

Since they had only met for the first time, everyone still maintained a level of distance and politeness. Hence, there was no need for deep conversations.

After Clarissa left, Skyler looked at Conrad and smiled. “To be frank, Conrad, I’m very curious about this screenwriter. Before coming, my agent advised me to speak less, but that made me so uncomfortable. That’s why I did not ask much. But since we all know about it, aren’t there several scandals involving her? How does she already have children?”

Conrad smirked. “The entertainment industry is rife with scandals. What does that have to do with everyone? Truth or falsehood aside, do you believe in those scandals yourself?”

“You have a point. She seems like a nice person, and nothing like what people have claimed on the internet. I think that anyone popular would be dragged through the mud. Plus, she’s beautiful. Maybe people were jealous of that too?”

The rest stayed silent and did not say much, but they probably felt the same way.

question. “Who’s the father of her child then? Three years ago, I heard my friend say that the whole fiancé of the Tyson family scandal was true. Pictures of her birthday party were

of

off. It didn’t matter what happened three years ago. It was not Skyler’s place to discuss

suggest minding your

that.

not nice to gossip behind someone’s back. They weren’t that uncultured, to

to have questions,

restaurant, she heard the sound of a car engine

“Mommy!”

noticed that the car window was lowered,

down and opened the car door. Clarissa quickly walked

mother’s arms and held

I missed you so

lightly, her voice a

you too, darling. Come here, and I’ll

she kissed her little son on the cheeks and the forehead in front

like she could not bear to be separated

car seat. “Alright, let’s strap you in, and we’ll

I want Mommy to

parted

W City, Clarissa was always tired because she had to put up

he felt sorry

had started to act up, and Matthew knew it meant trouble. The kid would do whatever he could, from crying, to screaming, to throwing a tantrum, just

for Damian had been fiddling with his safety belt. He knew how to unfasten it by then. As soon

held onto him tightly

reaching for his mother as if he was

could not hold

his son cry like that made him

on safety. All he could do was put his foot down. “You can hug Mommy for a while, but then we have to drive home. Once we start the car,

was even more upset and continued to

at Clarissa and noticed that she remained impassive

him. After he had stopped behaving childishly and had calmed

did Daddy just say, Damian? He’s right, isn’t he? Haven’t I always said that you need to sit in

longer coaxing but

who had now calmed down after listening to his

effort to change the subject. “But Mommy, I

that she felt because she did not want her son to see that she

But what did I say? Daddy did ask you to

his big, innocent eyes looking pitifully at

would be fooled by him, but as time passed, she knew how