You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 179


    Hry remained distracted and had little to contribute to their banter.


    Though that was how she had always been in front of outsiders, Yvonne did not particrly appreciate


    her speaking in front of them.


    She secretly despised Hry, and would rather that thetter kept her mouth shut, especially in front of


    her own fiancé.


    Hence no one found Hry’s silence unusual.


    When she got home, Hry stayed in the room by herself and sifted through her smartphone for


    information on Shermaine. The more she saw, the more her mood devolved. She went on to look up on


    James Smallwood and immediately knew that it was him.


    Hry understood now why she had found Shermaine awfully familiar and even took an instant liking to


    her.


    She began to sob uncontrobly away in the washroom with the showers left running so that no one


    could hear her and continued this way for some time.


    By the time Zach entered the room, Hry was already fast asleep.


    Or rather, she pretended to be asleep, as she was worried that Zach might notice something amiss.


    The next morning while Zach was away at the office, she immediately called up rissa.


    rissa was a little miffed that her mother has asked to meet. There was a chill in the air which


    encroached upon her skin, so she would rather sleep in.


    “What’s so important that we’ve to do this so early, Mom?”


    Hry’s words were almost upon her own lips before she swallowed them back down. She opted to


    adopt a more measured and casual approach.


    “Early, you say? Is this your daily routine? What kind of work are you doing that doesn’t pay and leaves


    you so undisciplined? Look at how hard everyone else is hustling. You aren’t bad looking so even if you


    don’t want to work, you should put in a little effort to doll yourself up when you go out.”


    rissaughed a little, only to patronize her mother.


    “Why aren’t you talking?”


    “Your observations are spot-on, Mom. I’m not able to defend myself!”


    “You know, I’m this close to giving up on you, girl.”


    You had never cared about me that much anyway.


    That was what rissa thought. Hry paused before she asked, “Remember that we’ve met


    Shermainest time? Do you know her? I really like her, so do you think you could introduce us?”


    “Huh?”


    rissa’s brows perked up. “I don’t really know her as we operate in different social circles. I’ve only


    interacted with her back then because she’s a friend of my ssmate.”


    “I see. That makes sense.”


    Hry fell silent, mildly disappointed, yet oddly relieved.


    “Since when did you be a fan of Shermaine’s?”


    Her mother chuckled. “Do I have to exin this? I just enjoyed one of her movies that I’ve seen


    recently.”


    “It’s okay that you like her movies, but is it necessary to try to reach out to her? Haven’t you have


    anything better to do recently than chase idols?”


    “You’re one to talk. I was wondering how you’re ever going to meet anyone when you’re holed up in the


    house with your so-called essays. You’ll be turning thirty soon. At this rate, you could wind up


    bing an old spinster.”


    An awkward silence ensued.


    rissa would have pped herself if she could.


    She cussed at her own mouth for saying all the wrong things at the most inopportune times recently.


    That strengthened her resolve to speak less going forward.


    “I’m sure things will work out fine eventually. The weather is getting colder, so I should be heading back


    to spend winter in W City. Probably be back next year. Got a deadline to meet so I really should get


    back to it. Love you, Mom.”


    rissa was a little sé, and only because she did not understand that the purpose of Hry’s call


    was not actually about getting on her case.


    After she left Hry, rissa did not return to Zen Hignds, but made a trip down to her studio


    instead.


    As a business owner, her subordinates would be fortuitous if they saw her in the office once or twice a


    week. She was practically like a junior employee who needed supervision. Mandy in particr had


    constantly pressed her for updates to her works, amongst all the other things she promised off the cuff.


    The girl was a rabid fan of her writings herself with an insatiable appetite for more.


    She would nag at rissa every single time she came in, so much so that she had to have snacks at


    the ready with which to pacify Mandy so that she may be able to get herself off the hook.


    Rocky and Christian proved to be able assistants to Yael. They were able to bring in more sources of


    ie in the form of a video game adaptation and peripherals within the short time they were here.


    “Now that you don’t have to think about these things anymore, why aren’t you posting new chapters?


    Even if you write only a thousand words a day, you should have consolidated quite a lot by now. Why


    haven’t you provided updates? I’m going to have to jump to my death from here if you keep this up.”


    Mandy spoke as she stuffed her own mouth with the pastries that rissa bought.


    rissa had gotten quite used to this by now. “Alright, you do whatever you have to do. I’ll send them


    to you as a tribute after I’m done.”


    “You’re an evil mistress.”


    rissaughed, “I’m not yet a missus.”


    She thought that she might run with that and have some fun with it.


    “Ha, if you have a boyfriend and are cohabiting with him, what else would that make you? Missus,


    Missus…”


    Her expression and tone left rissa red in the face.


    “Are you teasing me now? Aren’t you afraid that of getting fired?”


    “Oh, I’m so scared!”


    At this moment, Yael came out of the office. “Mandy’s right. You should finish up whatever articles you


    have on hand soon, cause that’s what the productionpany is keen on. There are also a few more


    requests for you to do some screenwriting. It would be better to step it up before the end of the year, or


    we won’t be able to hand these guys their bonuses otherwise.”


    “What?”


    rissa was dumbfounded. It would seem that she would not only need to avoid speaking but also


    avoid getting out of the house.


    Rarely had she the opportunity to ck off. With winter around the corner, the only thing she had on


    her mind was idling and sleeping in. She had not expected her workload to suddenly balloon.


    “What do you mean by what. Didn’t you say you want to earn more to make rent? How is this


    lackadaisical attitude going to help?”


    rissa perked up immediately. “I’ll get down to writing right away.”


    The thought of the rental brought her focus back. She wished she had more arms with which to speed


    things up.


    Yael nodded in approval. “Your office has been underutilized all this time. You should get in there. It’s


    quiet and you won’t be disturbed.”


    “You mean like right now?”


    “Yes, now. Questions?”


    “Nope. None at all.”


    rissa slipped into her own office. It was really quiet once the door closed behind her.


    Outside, Mandy was in stitches. After a while, she turned and whispered to Christian, “You know,


    rissa could just marry into wealth. I mean like, why’s she even working so hard? I’d do absolutely


    nothing were I in her shoes. I’d fly to Europe to feed pigeons every day and return the same night.”


    Even if the employees did not know about Matthew before, it would be impossible not to once they had


    been around the building long enough.


    From admiration to fearfulness, to normalization. rissa was away when they were going through all


    these emotional stages. By the time she appeared, they were already more or less settled in.


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    Rocky sneered, “That’s why you’re just an assistant while rissa continued to grow in stature. She


    would be just as sessful even without Mr. Tyson.”


    “Yeah, yeah. I know that I’m an underachiever and Ick ambition, all right? But what’s wrong with


    living it up a little?”


    Mandy was not really upset. That was just the way she was.


    Rocky merely shook his head and got back to work.


    Christian offered her some words of constion before he too returned to his own affairs.


    Meanwhile, in the office, rissa went through her friends’ profiles, browsed Twitter, listened to some


    music, and stepped out to the balcony to catch some sun. An hour passed before she was able to


    finally settle down to work on her drafts.


    Meanwhile at Shermaine’s home.


    She was not that dense. After she has simmered down, she sensed that Sienna was hinting at


    something.


    What did she mean when she said that it was improbable for Matthew to not be seeing anyone?


    That she would let him continue to have his fun even after they were married?


    Shermaine’s brows knitted in apprehension.


    When she recalled how coldly Matthew treated her whenever she was in his proximity, she thought that


    that was just his personality.


    But what if he genuinely had a woman on the side?


    She paced back and forth as she tried to wrap her head around this.


    There was no way she would be able to rest easy without getting to the bottom of it.


    Shermaine immediately got in touch with her regr contact. This time, her target was Matthew. She


    had to know whether he was seeing anyone, no matter the cost.


    It would be great if there was no woman. However, should there be one, that b*tch was going to get it


    from her. As far as Shermaine was concerned, Matthew was to hers and hers alone.


    Even Sienna would not be shown mercy.


    The gall of her to even think about bing Matthew’s wife.


    Sienna, like any woman that her Matt might have, had to be considered a threat.


    Shermaine smirked. She understood Sienna’s intention to rid herself of a rival through her hands.


    Was Sienna trying to be the beneficiary of a proxy war?


    Was she being serious?


    Shermaine had her ways to deal with the likes of her.


    The very next day, Shermaine found herself someone to teach Sienna a lesson. As for the investigation


    surrounding Matthew, she could only wait patiently for a report from the person tasked.


    Sienna could never have anticipated the consequences that were forting from that nudge she


    gave Shermaine. She found herself beaten unto the point of near disfigurement. At first impression, it


    might look like a random case of drunken rage, but Sienna was no believer in coincidences. Even


    though she had not investigated the incident properly, she had a hunch that Shermaine might be


    behind it.


    Shermaine’s viciousness left her deeply worried about what the woman would do should she discover


    the existence of rissa.