You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Matthew laughed out loud at the sight of Clarissa being so bold and stubborn.

She knows I’m right, yet she can still lie through her teeth with such resolve?

Matthew suddenly removed his hand from Clarissa’s mouth and flicked her forehead, causing her to flinch in pain and glare angrily at him.

Unfazed by her reaction, Matthew chuckled softly. After what Clarissa had put him through, he could no longer keep his stern expression.

“You little rascal.”

Clarissa frowned and retorted, “Who are you calling a rascal? Just so we’re clear, you’re the rascal here! Falsely accusing me and being so overly dramatic about it…”

Matthew leaned back into the couch and relaxed his body, watching Clarissa shamelessly denying everything.

“All right, I can’t out-talk you.”

He might have many tricks up his sleeves, but even he knew he was no match to Clarissa’s ability to twist the facts.

“Of course you can’t,” Clarissa replied smugly.

As soon as the words left her mouth, Clarissa realized she had made a mistake and quickly corrected herself. “No, it’s not that you can’t. You were unreasonable in the first place, so you were never going to be able to reason with me.”

Matthew cocked his brows and smirked. “Okay. So? What’s the difference?”

“Of course there is! And things weren’t what you made them out to be. Think about it. Can you blame me for caring about Damian, given the situation at the hospital? I admit I was afraid before you went in, but surely you can understand why I feel that way? You know the kind of attitude your family has toward me. But after you promised me that Damian would be safe, I let you take him, didn’t I? That was me trusting you. And that was a decision I did not, and still do not, regret. When you came back, I was so proud of Damian that I got a little more enthusiastic and rewarded him. After that, you changed to go to work, that’s all normal, isn’t it?”

“Normal? Ever since we left the hospital, till we got home and I changed to leave for work, have you ever looked at me?”

“Of course-”

“No!”

Clarissa was about to rebuke when she realized she was no longer that confident of herself.

Matthew’s right. I don’t think I paid any attention or even looked at him. I don’t even know what time he left.

“Okay… But I was busy playing with our son, wasn’t I?” Clarissa retorted, this time a lot softer and with a twinge of guilt.

“Oh yes… You sure were busy. If you carry on like that, I don’t think you’d need me anymore.”

“Haha… How can that be? I can’t have kids without you, can I?”

“Ah, right. I’m still useful for the time being because we want a daughter. After our second child, I can be tossed away like trash,” Matthew replied flatly.

Clarissa grinned sheepishly and shook her head. “No, no. That won’t be possible…”

so casual, Clarissa couldn’t help but feel the weight of

“Hubby, I think I hear Damian calling me.

discussing the problem of me spending the

in her tracks and turned around, her once

hospital, but the point is, you failed to inform me about it. Are you going to make this a

rendered speechless while Clarissa stood with her arms akimbo,

reminded Matthew of a shrew who was about to exchange blows with anyone who dared cross

off such a look. Instead,

not that I didn’t want to tell you, but you

to that, aren’t we? So what

played on Matthew’s

me? I should be the

hadn’t even censured Matthew, yet

reached out his hand, but Clarissa stood her ground, refusing

been sleeping at the

late to

never, in my whole life, sleep in

silently fumed. Is he trying to

in

Matthew walked toward her and pulled her into an embrace. With his hand on her waist, he drew her in even closer and

stay angry? Or shall we

pushed his face away and asked, “Are

know our son’s more important than me right now, but Clare, I’m still your

“Fifty-fifty?”

playfully. “What’s wrong? You find

you…” Clarissa mumbled in displeasure. “You’re always threatening me. If you do this again, I won’t even give you ten percent

up, Matthew kissed Clarissa on the corner of her

suggested, “Fine. Let’s start

you going to

still trying to figure it out when Matthew suddenly lifted her over his shoulders. “Matthew, what are

wicked grin. “I have to accumulate credit for myself, don’t I? So I shall do it slowly,

“No! No!”

futile as Matthew carried her

everything to curry favor with her,

log when she got woken up by Matthew pinching her nose. She glared at him with bloodshot eyes as though she was about

flushed cheeks lovingly. “I’m going

are you telling me that? I want to

thought you wanted me

go, go!

cheerfully. After giving her a kiss, he finally turned

was a lovely afternoon when Clarissa decided to bask in the sun with Damian. Sat in the rocking chair, it was so comfortable that it didn’t take long for them to fall asleep. Clarissa, however, felt herself constantly drifting