You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 80


    rissa just stood there, staring at Matthew as he fiddled with the ss in his hand.


    The atmosphere became incredibly tense with his silence, but nobody dared say a word.


    Unable to contain her curiosity any longer, Ellie asked, “What are you doing, Uncle Matt?”


    “It’s my fault.” rissa was quick to cut her off before she could say anything further.


    She then poured herself another ss and held it up to Matthew as she continued, “Uncle Matthew,


    thank you for helping me and caring for me all this while. I hope you’ll forgive me for the mistakes I’ve


    made.”


    It wasn’t until she downed the entire ss that he slowly looked up at her, and the two of them made


    eye contact.


    This time, rissa maintained eye contact. She stared long and hard at him as if she was trying to


    stand up for herself.


    With neither of them backing down, the tension was rising through the roof.


    “I helped too, you know? See, I even shared it on Twitter!” Jeremy attempted to defuse the situation.


    “Thank you.” rissa made a toast to him as well and downed another ss, much to Ellie’s surprise.


    What the hell? Did she unlock the ability to hold her liquor after her trip home or something?


    Fortunately, the tension was gone, and rissa sat back down in her chair. As Justin was talking to her


    about the film adaptations, Jeremy butted into the conversation. “Yates, you’re making a movie? Let me


    sponsor you, eh? I want to make myself some money out of the entertainment industry too! With us


    sponsoring you, your movie will definitely be a big hit worldwide, ry!”


    Yarick chimed in as well. “He’s right, ry! With a little help from Yates, I’m sure you’ll make a fine lead


    actress! I mean, look at Shermaine…”


    He stopped himself the moment he realized he had misspoke again, but it was toote. Everyone in the


    room had already heard what he said.


    He then lowered his head to avoid their angry stares and went back to eating.


    Stuffing his mouth with food was the only surefire way for him to keep it shut, and that was probably


    why he was so fat.


    “Heh… Yarick is right, though. You certainly have it in you to surpass all those other actresses out


    there, ry! Isn’t that right, Yates?”


    “She has good looks, but looks aren’t everything, you know? I’m very strict when ites to acting


    skills!” Justin said with a chuckle.


    “Yeah, you’re right. I’ve never been to a drama school of any sort, so I think I’ll refrain from ruining


    Director Yates’ amazing work and just stick to writing!”


    Ellie gave her a yful nudge. “No, that simply won’t do! With that pretty face of yours, you should at


    least consider being a model or something! Remember the pictures we took the other day? They’ve


    brought in quite a lot of customers to my shoptely, so why don’t you consider working for me as a


    model?”


    “What pictures?” rissa asked.


    Ellie whipped out her phone and showed them the pictures she had taken of rissa, much to the


    latter’s embarrassment.


    At that moment, Matthew stood up all of a sudden, plunging the room into silence once again.


    “What is it, Matt?”


    “I’m going out for a bit.”


    Ellie waited until he had left the room before going on a rant. “What’s gotten into Uncle Matttely?


    He’s so gloomy and scary! Jeremy, you’ve been around him a lot, right? Do you know what’s going


    on?”


    “Hey, what do you mean by that? I’ve got other things to do too, you know?”


    “You mean your string of girlfriends? Honestly, if it weren’t for you being such a yboy, Grandma


    would’ve thought you and Uncle Matt are a couple!”


    “How uncouth! While I don’t really mind it, you’d better not let Matt hear you say that!”


    Ellie quickly shut up and stuck her tongue out mischievously while Jeremy shed rissa a smile.


    “Better watch your distance with ry there, Yates! I know you value her talents and all, but others


    might think you have ulterior motives or something! Come on, let’s have a chat. Did you get any action


    with hot chicks while you were overseas? I hear they’re…”


    He deliberately cut them off, and rissa took advantage of that window of opportunity to excuse


    herself to the bathroom.


    Ellie was about to follow her, but Jeremy stopped her the moment she stood up.


    “Oh, no, you’re not going anywhere! I’ve got lots of questions for you too!”


    Contrary to what Jeremy had thought, rissa was actually going to the bathroom instead of seeing


    Matthew in private.


    Ever since Matthew had been cold to her the moment he saw her, rissa didn’t even dare go


    anywhere near him.


    She froze in her tracks when she made a turn at the end of the corridor and saw Matthew smoking by


    the window.


    The dim lighting highlighted his tall figure and made the air around him seem a lot colder.


    She could’ve just turned around and went straight back to the room, but her body refused to move, so


    she just stood there and watched as he puffed away.


    After quite a while, Matthew put the cigarette out, turned around, and came face to face with her.


    There was a look of panic and guilt on her face, but he simply walked right past her.


    rissa quickly turned around and grabbed hold of his sleeve with her head held low.


    Matthew turned to look at her, expecting her to say something, but she remained silent.


    “Let go!” A court order.


    His tone sounded even colder than the time they first met, sending a shiver down her spine as she


    slowly let go of him.


    As Matthew was about to continue walking, rissa reached out again and grabbed him by the wrist


    instead.


    He spun around and shot her a cold re, causing her to panic as she tried to exin herself, “I-It’s not


    me! M-My hand just a-acted on its own!”


    She realized how stupid she sounded, but she held on to him instead of letting go this time.


    Matthew simply snorted sarcastically at her. “Heh!”


    Whatever courage she had vanished at that point. All she could do was apologize while avoiding eye


    contact.


    “I’m sorry.”


    “Just what are you sorry for, Ms. Quigley?”


    “I shouldn’t have been so rude to you the other day.”


    “Which day? I don’t remember. Now, let go.”


    Despite how much it hurt her to hear him say that, rissa refused to let him go. She wrapped her


    arms tightly around his waist instead.


    “Please don’t be angry, I…”


    Before she could finish, Matthew had brushed her arms off him and walked straight back to the room.


    The heartache and disappointment were so overwhelming that she wanted to cry on the spot.


    “Hahahaha…” An ear-piercingughter came from behind.


    rissa spun around and saw Yvonne smiling sarcastically at her.


    “So much for acting all high and mighty, only to end up throwing yourself at a man! You’re just like your


    mother! No. Actually, your mother had it better! At least my father took pity on her and married her. But


    that man right there looks like he’s just dumped you! How are you so shameless that you’d still try to


    hug him after that?”


    Not wanting to argue with her, rissa ignored her insults and walked straight ahead.


    Instead of going after rissa, Yvonne simply shouted from behind her, “Aww, you poor thing! I can’t


    even imagine how much of a b*tch you must be for a man to reject you even after throwing yourself at


    him! Hahahaha…”


    She took great pleasure in seeing rissa trying to avoid her like that.


    Upon returning to the room, rissa nced at Matthew and pouted when she saw that he was still


    being cold towards her.


    “What’s wrong, re? What took you so long? Wait… Is it just me or do you look unhappy?”


    “Mhmm…”


    Ellie was shocked to hear her admission. “Seriously? What happened?”


    “Oh, it’s nothing. I just ran into a really petty person, that’s all.”


    “A petty person? Who? Is it that boyfriend of yours? What did he do? The worst type of men is those


    who cheat and those who are petty, so you’d better break up with him as soon as possible! Gosh, I


    hate petty men so much! They could go on and on all day about something you did wrong, and might


    even bring it up in future arguments!”


    Ellie’s words got the attention of everyone in the room, and they all looked towards rissa.


    rissa shot Matthew a nce, but he showed no response.


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    The other guys there, however, were quick to join in the conversation.


    “She’s right! A man who is petty like that is no gentleman at all! I suggest you reconsider your choices,


    ry,” Justin said with a chuckle.


    “Pettiness, eh? It’s true that petty men can be a real pain to deal with. Is he your boyfriend, ry?”


    Jeremy asked.


    rissa nodded.


    “Tsk tsk… In that case, you really should break up with him!”


    Yarick felt a chill down his spine as he watched the three of them egging her on like that. Their bravery


    really is something…


    “Matt, don’t you have anything to say? Are you really going to just let her break up with him like that?”


    All eyes were fixated on Matthew.