You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 251


    The birthday banquet turned out to be quite the affair. What was initially a romantic and sweet event


    was soon filled with a rather somber atmosphere.


    Most of the unimportant attendees had already been sent on their way, and there was no telling what


    manner of gossip would be on their lips.


    However, the ones concerned did not seem to care about what they would think.


    By then, rissa’s rtives were the only ones left there, including Hry and Catherine.


    “And who might they be?” asked Yuliana, looking at the pair inquisitively.


    Both Yuliana and Margaret knew exactly who they were but merely decided to break the silence that


    way.


    Hry stepped forward and smiled. “Mrs. Tyson, I’m rissa’s mother. I know of your social standing


    and what the demands are to marry into a prominent family, but please allow me to rify one thing. I


    initially made her break up with Mr. Tyson, seeing how she is clearly unfit to marry into your family, but


    she refused to listen. You needn’t worry, though. I’ll take her with me and ensure that she never pesters


    Mr. Tyson again, as long as she gets thepensation she deserves.”


    Hry stole a nce at rissa after she finished speaking. The look on her face came off as quite a


    shock to Hry.


    rissa’s gaze was grim and frightening. It was unlike anything she had seen before.


    However, Hry knew that she could not take back the words she had said, so she stood in her spot,


    her expression mirroring the difort she felt.


    Yuliana and Margeret sneered. This woman is actually rather sensible.


    “Hry, you never gave a damn about ry from the start. You have no say in this.”


    Catherine’s remarks rang loud and clear as she shot a look at Hry before turning to Margaret.


    Margaret stiffened in surprise as she had not expected such a youthful and sprightly-looking woman to


    be rissa’s grandmother.


    Catherine was a simple olddy. Although she was dressed in the new clothes her granddaughter


    bought her, it gave her a kind albeit meek air.


    She wore a faint smile and nodded at the old Mrs. Tyson. “I think our ry is a good girl. We should


    consider each other inws now. Please don’t take the impertinence of my daughter to heart. She has


    always been a defeatist.”


    “I beg your pardon. Inws, you say?”


    Margaret did nothing to hide the contempt and disdain in her voice.


    Meanwhile, Catherine’s smile stiffened but dissipated slowly at the insult.


    “Mother, that was uncalled for,” said Matthew, his voice cold.


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    But this only brought Margeret’s ire to greater heights.


    “Shut up! Have you forgotten what I said? I vehemently forbade you to marry this woman, but still, you


    refuse to listen! Look at them! Just look! You want me to consider these vermin my rtives?”


    “Mother!”


    “Be quiet!”


    “Well, isn’t this just perfect? Since rissa and her entourage is here, let me make one thing clear.


    You’ll be able to marry her over my dead body,” Margaret snarled at her son while ring at rissa.


    “Also, you want me topensate her? I’m not giving you greedy little peasants a single penny. Don’t


    think you can just get away with ckmailing the Tysons like this!”


    “Grandma, you’re going way overboard!”


    Unable to stand her grandmother’s tirade anymore, Ellie bellowed while ignoring Yuliana’s re, “Are


    you both here to ruin the fun today? Besides, this is Uncle Matt and re’s personal matter. You can


    save your opinions as there’s no need for them here. You’re both practically bullying her in front of her


    own family! That aside, they both have nothing to do with re anymore!”


    “What kind of a person severs family ties with her rtives? Mimi, aren’t you a cousin of hers? I believe


    you have something to share. Go on, tell us.”


    Mimi, who had been addressed by Mrs. Tyson, suddenly primed herself to chime in.


    However, a cold look from Matthew silenced her immediately and sent a shiver down her spine.


    Margaret, on the other hand, decided to defend her.


    “Well? I’m here anyway. Who dares defy me?”


    Catherine was infuriated and heartbroken at the thought that their family had caused humiliation to


    rissa.


    With Margaret’s support, Mimi mustered the courage to say her piece, but not without adding fuel to the


    me.


    “Imagine being a sh*t out of luck like this one here. She lost her father at a young age, then she was


    abandoned by her mother, who married into a rich family. My grandmother, bless her, was also affected


    by rissa. My family was basically dragged through the mud thanks to her, and things only improved


    after we distanced ourselves from her. Little did we know that she was involved with gangsters too! My


    goodness, she was getting into fights all the time. Her teachers and ssmates knew about this, of


    course. With a pretty face like hers, she was able to cozy up to them for money. How else did she save


    up enough for her education? rissater managed to get into a college, even though god knows


    how she did it. Someone as calcting as her definitely had a n. As expected, she thenter


    managed to seduce Mr. Tyson. Look at her now! She’s made bank! That skank not only ignored us, but


    she even tried to frame me and wanted to send me to prison. When she returned home, she


    announced that she was going to marry into some affluent family. She never stopped showing off.


    When my mother nearly died of an illness, she even refused to lend us the money we needed for her


    treatment!”


    Mimi had a lot to say about rissa. How many of it was true, nobody knew or cared.


    When she finished speaking, she shed a smile at rissa. “rissa, although you are my cousin, I


    bear you no ill will. I’m not here to exact my revenge on you either. However, I can’t bring myself to


    watch you deceive other people. Mrs. Tyson, my cousin is definitely the type who knows how to


    scheme and n. For someone who went from rags to riches, she surely has some tricks up her


    sleeve. Since Mr. Tyson has already given her an inch, it’s only a matter of time before she takes over


    everything.”


    Although this was quite exaggerated, Mimi’s words still lingered in Margaret’s thoughts.


    Her burning gaze was filled with disgust as it bore into rissa.


    However, rissa did not utter a word at the usations hurled toward her. She only stood there,


    pale-faced and impassive.


    “What nonsense! re is my friend, and I was the one who made the first move. You, on the other


    hand, colluded with Shermaine and wanted to frame re. Do you think we’re stupid? That we’d


    actually believe your crap?”


    Mimi giggled. “Well, believe what you want. That has nothing to do with me. I’m just venting the


    difort she caused me. I’ve said my piece, so you guys can do as you please.”


    Having said that, she turned on her heel and left.


    After all, people would believe what they wanted.


    Margaret, for instance, bought her lies despite how far-fetched they were.


    “Matthew, you heard it all.”


    Margaret looked pointedly at her son. “You’ll find out how true this is on your own. But when faced with


    something like this, I refuse to believe that she ispletely innocent. Moreover, her mother remarried,


    her cousin is such a vulgar person, and her aunt’s family is greedy. I don’t quite trust the Lesters, but


    it’s not like you’re unaware of the hospital incident. You still want to marry someone like her?” She then


    turned her attention to rissa. “As for you, rissa Quigley, ask yourself this. Do you think you’re


    worthy of my son? Don’t you feel ashamed? What do you think those departing guests would say if not


    this? Even if you do manage to set the record straight, do you think they’ll believe you? Don’t think I


    don’t know about all the scandals you were involved in. You, for a daughter-inw? That stain from


    your past will never go away. If they want to gossip, they’ll just bring it up again, and all this will follow


    you for a lifetime. Do you want to implicate Matthew? Is this your way of loving him?


    “I don’t care!”


    Matthew’s voice, firm and deep, did not waver at all.


    Instead of refuting him, Margaret sneered and looked right at rissa.


    “I was asking her!”


    rissa met Margaret’s gaze, but something in her eyes fuelled rissa’s dislike of her immediately.


    This was the same look that Yuliana, Sienna, and even Shermaine shared when they looked at


    rissa—lofty, contemptuous, and full of disdain. It was as if she was the thing they hated the most.


    Who would have known that the day that started off so perfectly would end up like this? Look at the


    sh*tshow I’m in now.


    She had never imagined that Mimi would disrupt the banquet with nobody’s help. Even Margaret’s


    timely appearance seemed odd.


    This was obviously collusion, something deliberate that was meant to give her the final blow. It didn’t


    matter what lies and deceit were aired out today. Their main goal was to make her self-sabotage and


    leave Matthew.


    The corners of rissa’s mouth twitched, and she felt Matthew gripping her hand tightly. She was truly


    ashamed of what happened today, but this man was more resolute than she was. Why couldn’t she be


    like him?


    She took a moment topose herself and smiled at the old woman. “Mrs. Tyson, if Matthew doesn’t


    care, neither do I. If he doesn’t want to leave me, there is no reason for me to break up with him. Even


    if what you said does happen in the future, it’s between the two of us. We’re adults capable of making


    our own choices, and these choices will be our burden to bear. “


    Margaret narrowed her eyes slightly and shot a cold re at rissa.


    “So, you still want to be with Matthew?”


    “Yes.”


    “Even if I oppose your union on the pain of death?”


    rissa didn’t answer, but she smiled faintly, indicating her acquiescence.


    “You—” Margaret shouted angrily, clutching her chest and pointing at rissa. She hadpletely lost


    her cool. “You uncivilized little wretch! Look at what you’re doing to our family! You’re sowing discord


    between my son and me, and it’s all your fault! You and your greedy, shameless family! How did they


    even raise someone like you? Matthew, are you saying that you’re going to cut off all ties with me to


    marry her?”


    Matthew frowned and said, “There is no need for this, Mother. re and I already—”


    “rissa!”


    Before Matthew could finish speaking, Catherine, who had been silent all this while, suddenly


    interrupted him.


    rissa was taken aback as she turned around to look at her grandmother.


    “re,e here and ce your hand on the crucifix.”


    Seeing her grandmother’s awe-inspiring expression, rissa panicked a little and walked toward her.


    With all eyes now on Catherine, she spoke with a cold, resolute determination in her voice.


    “re, if you consider yourself my granddaughter, then I want you to make a vow. Do this for the sake


    of your dead father. Swear that you, rissa Quigley, will never marry into this family. Otherwise, I will


    not rest in peace.”