You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 106
“How long do you expect to be away with the crew?”
One of his eyebrows raised when he heard her request.
“I’m guessing around two or three months, maybe?”
rissa considered this a conservative estimate.
If progress was slow, the shooting could very well stretch up to half a year.
Naturally, she would neglect to mention that, as she reckoned that that may not sit well with Matthew.
To him though, these two or three months were sufficiently long enough.
He would have much preferred for this woman to be constantly by his side. Better still, every single day.
Of course, rissa had to reiterate certain facts.
“I won’t always have to be on set as I’m just a screenwriter… haha.”
“If you don’t have to always be on set, then there shouldn’t be any reason for you to go along. You
could always pop in to have a look once in a while.”
rissa was stumped at his response since his reasoning was hard to argue against.
That did not stop her from trying, though. “Every piece of work is like my own babies, so I definitely
want for them to be the best that they can be. I actually would love to be on set when I was
working for a show, but it didn’t make sense then as they were not receptive to my input. It’s different
this time with Director Yates at the helm. Not only would I be able to do so, but I could also maybe learn
a few things here and there. Why wouldn’t I want to make the best of this opportunity?”
She then wrapped her hands coquettishly around his arms. “As my boyfriend, I’m sure you’d want to
support my career. Surely you don’t want a woman who onlyzes around at home all the time, waiting
for you to warm her bed?”
It was clear from her expression that she was not going to take no for an answer.
Matthew curled his lips when he leaned back. His eyes gleamed as he regarded her ambiguously.
“First things first, re. Your babies are mine as well, so I’ve no doubt they would be the very best that
they could be.”
That was certainly not what she had in mind.
His words left her red to the ears.
“Why are you even talking about babies?”
Matthew’s voice raised his voice slightly. “Huh? I’m pretty sure you’re the one who broached the
subject?”
rissa’s brows furrowed as she offered up a retort, “I wasn’t even talking about that sort of babies.”
“Aren’t all babies babies in themselves?”
“Y-you… y-you… ugh!”
The more flustered she got, the more she stuttered. As she knew she would not be his match in a
contest of rhetoric, she decidedly changed the subject.
“What other questions do you have? Get to the point…”
Matthew chuckled in glee and found her defeated look to be rather adorable.
“Secondly, I’m definitely in support of your career but don’t you think work and family should be of equal
importance? You can’t possibly neglect me just because of workmitments.”
“I know that, which was why I’ve said that I’d be back. It’s not as though I’ll always be out and about. I’ll
be around so often during my off periods till you get sick of seeing me.”
Matthew was all smiles when he beheld her face. He then leaned in for a peck upon her lip. “And
thirdly…”
“What is it?”
“I’d rather wish that you would stay home and wait for me to warm your bed, re. You haven’t given
me a proper chance to do that to date!”
The woman’s exasperation rendered her speechless.
She repelled him and then began to castigate, “You know that wasn’t what I meant, so why do you
insisting on twisting my words? Could we be a little more serious here?”
“I’m seriously going to keep harping on it since you won’t let me.”
Matthew spoke as though he feltpletely justified. “So re, when do you think we are going to…”
“Going to do what? That, you’d have to ask Grandma.”
Hmph. To no one’s surprise, she defaulted to using her grandmother as an excuse again.
This time, however, Matthew was not cowed. “Great. So when do we meet her?”
“What… Are you serious?”
“Why wouldn’t I be? I’m sure Grandma would be delighted to have me.”
“Don’t tter yourself!”
The corners of rissa’s lips twitched as she got sucked back into Matthew’s embrace. He spoke in a
low voice as he leaned into her ear, “When, re?”
That might well be the precursor toward meeting her parents.
In rissa’s opinion, it was still early days.
Although her grandmother had expressed a desire to meet this handsome chap of hers countless times
during their video calls, she herself was not ready for it.
“There’s no hurry. Grandma said it could wait until things have firmed up.”
“You mean it hasn’t?”
rissa spat out her tongue wryly at him. “Nope.”
Whether or not it was, had always been up to her discretion.
The man’s eyes darkened, and his inflection dipped a notch as he propped up her chin.
“Perhaps I should take you, you know – just to seal the deal.”
“No… Ah. Mmph…”
rissa struggled in vain like a hunted hare, inevitably andpletely subject to her captor’s mercy.
Fortunately for her, this hunter had no real intention of devouring her alive.
Dyed gratification would only make savoring the prize that much sweeter. At least, that was what he
believed.
Having practiced abstinence for thirty-six years, he had only grown to be more patient as he went
along.
He was amendable to rissa traveling with the crew but not if that meant she would be away for
lengthy periods. The concession was for her to make asional trips back in-between. Whether she
would honor that, remained to be seen.
Per their agreement, she would be expected to check back in every two weeks, tops.
Matthew had a few tricks up his sleeve with regards to how he would deal with her should she stray
from it.
rissa herself should know well what those were.
The man cannot afford to be too cautious when he considered how she had previously failed to return
to D City after a visit to her hometown. Failure to keep her word, even in the face of exceptional
circumstances, was a failure all the same to him.
As far as he was concerned, her assurances were no substitute for a penal system to keep her in
check.
As the production process was not as secretive as it used to be, there was a lot of attention on
rissa’s Princess before they even saw the film.
Not only did that boosted her online reader subscription, but she had also been approached by a
number of publishers.
Without the resources of Twilight Company, rissa was expected to have her hands full.
That motivated Matthew to find her some help in the form of a formidable female manager. The
candidate was a formerwyer who had quit the practice for unknown reasons and was in between
jobs. Thetter quickly put herself forward when she learned that her role was to be a legal consultant
and assistant of sorts for rissa, amongst other things.
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The woman, Yael Fleming, wore her hair long and was fond of loose flowy dresses. She had the sedate
and congenial quality of an unsullied goddess about her.
rissa was not even sure how this girl could have been awyer who matched wit and words with
others in court.
Not that she was debating the legitimacy of the woman’s credentials, she just found it hard to wrap her
head around it.
After they had met, rissa gave Yael a run-down of what she needed from her.
Negotiations over the remuneration went swimmingly as Yael was not in it for the money, and they
quickly put pen to paper. Thetter was to work for rissa, provisionally for a year.
Renewal of the contract was subject to mutual interest.
With Yael overseeing the other things, rissa would be free to direct her energies toward the film
adaptation.
The wardrobe had been created, and the casting more or less confirmed. Ya Zaha was tabbed as
the first female lead, and Shermaine Smallwood would be second. The male lead role would go to
Quentin MacNeish. Apart from Jamie, who she had put forward herself, rissa did not know the other
supporting stars too well.
Jamie was there as well when the cast members came in for a fitting. She then started to chat
enthusiastically with rissa, who she saw as a benefactor, close friend, and supporter.
She knew that she would not have clinched the role had it not been for thetter.
“I love you to death, Ms. Quigley. Haha… My manager told me before that I’ve to try to ride on your
tailcoats and look for an opportunity to star in your adaptations as you’ll definitely make it big time.”
rissa’s face fell. “Well, aren’t you honest…”
“What’s there to hide between us anyway? I’m just stating facts. You’re on the up and up…”
An encounter between the two was never short of banter. rissa was all smiles and quite enjoying
herself.
This was when the costume-d Shermaine stepped out. Upon seeing her, Jamie whispered in
rissa’s ear. “What rotten luck we have to wind up in the same ce as her again? She must be
pissed about ying second fiddle to the main lead. Who knows what trouble she might try to stir up
this time?”
Jamie shuddered as she spoke.
rissa had an inkling that Shermaine might be in for her again this time.
The duo immediately mmed up when thetter approached.
It was obvious that Shermaine was gunning for rissa.
“Fancy that I’ve yet another opportunity to work with you, Ms. Quigley, but I wonder if the feeling is
mutual?”
That came across as less of a question about sentiment and more of straight-up provocation.
rissa was never genial when dealing with the likes of Shermaine. “As I’m just a screenwriter, I
suspect that you may be working more with Director Yates than with me.”
The lofty princess costume seemed to have added an air of regality to Shermaine’s mannerisms.
Her haughtyugh was doubtlessly directed at rissa.
“Call it what you like. ording to Justin, you’ll be on set as well, so I reckon we’ll be seeing a lot of
each other. Looking forward to it then, Ms. Quigley. Haha…”