You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 354


    Meeting with Jacque and Sandra was rtively more tolerable for rissa.


    On the contrary, if it were James and Kaing to see her, rissa would surely refuse to meet


    them.


    Both couples agreed to meet at a remote tea room where it was more secluded, and when rissa


    and Matthew reached, Jacque and Sandra had waited for a little while.


    rissa and Matthew weren’tte. In fact, it was Jacque and his wife getting anxious to meet rissa.


    As soon as they stepped in, Sandra looked at rissa with a countenance filled with joy and relief. She


    was so impassioned that even her eyes were a little reddened and brimmed with tears.


    Jacque, on the other hand, seemed moreposed, but his expression was ratherplicated, as


    though it still felt incredible to him.


    As soon as rissa sat down, Sandra held her hands like a family elder. It was like Jean Valjean


    knowing for the first time that the little girl he just met was Cosette, and Sandra was no different from


    Jean Valjean who couldn’t hide the tremor in his voice. How she longed to just hold rissa and cry all


    she want.


    “rissa, I’m sorry for all the sufferings you must have been through all these years. In fact…”


    Sandra was exceedingly emotional, and she revealed the fact that rissa was in actuality Jacque’s


    niece.


    It didn’t take too long after they sat down for Sandra to spill everything.


    It was fortunate that rissa had already been aware of that, so she was prepared. Otherwise, if they


    had beenpletely kept in the dark, they would have been utterly baffled at that point.


    rissa wondered how anxious this couple must have been to tell her and Matthew the truth.


    Am I so weed?


    rissa felt a little awkward, and Jacque couldn’t help as well but start, “Sandra, let’s slow down and


    talk while we enjoy the tea. Matthew and rissa, I believe you’re already aware of this matter before


    this, aren’t you? It was mind-boggling to me at first, but since that’s the fact, I think we shouldn’t just


    stay silent about it. After all, this is something serious, don’t you think?”


    rissa turned to Matthew, and within his eyes, she saw encouragement and support.


    It was then that rissa finally spoke, “Mr. and Mrs. Wynter, yes, I’m aware of this matter, but I have no


    ns to reunite with them, to be honest. I’m doing well in the Quigley family. There are people who love


    me there, even though I have only Grandma left now. She has aged, and this will be too much for her.


    Besides, everything is fine for us now, and there’s no reason for me to go back to them.”


    Sandra grew agitated at that. She looked at rissa and spoke hurriedly, “How can you say that


    there’s no reason? Plus, we don’t need a reason. The Quigleys aren’t really your family. Your true


    family is the Smallwoods and us. What reason do you need toe back to your real family?”


    Nevertheless, Sandra wasn’t able to change rissa’s mind. She shook her head in response. “Mrs.


    Wynter, think about the enmity between me and Shermaine. Do you really think it’s a good thing for me


    and Shermaine to return to our birth family after everything that happened?”


    Sandra was suddenly at a loss for words. “But…”


    There was something else she wanted to say, but Jacque cast his eyes toward her and shook his head.


    Sandra was a little displeased, but she didn’t carry on because she thought that her husband might be


    able to persuade them.


    Jacque turned to rissa before speaking, as he had noticed that this matter was fully at rissa’s


    discretion.


    Hence, he decided not to ask for Matthew’s opinion and directly dealt with rissa. “rissa, even


    though a lot of things had happened, and maybe not only you, but it would also take a while for them to


    be able to ept this, now that we know about it, at least me and my wife, that is, your Uncle Jacque


    and Aunt Sandra want you to know how much we love you as our niece. We can keep it a secret for


    the moment, but your Aunt Sandra and I hope that you don’t keep your distance from us. At the very


    least, there’s nothing wrong between us.”


    As he said that, heughed softly and even brought up something else so that rissa wouldn’t be too


    resistant. “Just treat us as some ordinary elders. You may even get along well slowly with some elderly


    strangers sometimes, isn’t it? Besides, I know that you and Damon are friends. You may also treat us


    as the parents of your friends, but just don’t feign unfamiliarity with us.”


    rissa had to admit that the way Jacque went about it was more eptable for her.


    Despite that, she remained silent, not knowing what to say.


    Seeing as such, Sandra soon learned the key tomunicating about that matter with rissa and


    quickly seized the opportunity to persuade her, “rissa, let’s forget about our biological rtions for


    the moment. Even if we were not rted by blood, didn’t we get along pretty well with each other? I feel


    a sense of familiarity around you, and you don’t despise me as well, do you? Just think of me as an


    ordinary elder and we can go about this slowly; we can wait until you get close to us and are no longer


    resistant. Is that okay?”


    rissa knew very well that if she kept turning them down, they would also be displeased.


    rissa didn’t really wish for any family affection from the so-called uncle and aunt in front of her,


    neither did she need it.


    It was just that they had made it very clear that they were there with a ‘iming kin’ intention, and she


    was reluctant to turn them down either.


    Hence, rissa nodded.


    “Mr. and Mrs. Wynter…”


    “You should stop calling us that; that’s too formal. It’s Uncle Jacque and Aunt Sandra,” Sandra


    corrected her.


    However, rissa still found it hard to bring herself to address them that way. “I hope you don’t tell


    anyone about this for the time being. As you said, I may treat you like a friend’s parents, so I’ll go with


    Jacque and Sandra, alright? In the future… Well, if we really get to that point in the future, then only we


    switch the address terms. Otherwise, it would be a little awkward.”


    “Well…”


    Sandra turned to her husband, and Jacque nodded. “rissa is right. We’ll do with that for the time


    being.”


    “Alright, at least that’s better than Mr. and Mrs. Wynter.”


    Both the family reached an agreement, and Sandra just got closer with rissa because of that. She


    couldn’t help but start chatting with her about other things.


    “I’ve noticed how familiar you look when I first met you. It wasn’t untilter that I came to know that you


    look just like your grandma when she was young. You look exactly alike. I was even wondering back


    then that how did two strangers who don’t know each other look so much alike. And here we are. It’s


    not two strangers after all; it’s family.”


    rissa smiled and seemed to have understood something.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    Shermaine might have known my blood rtionship with the Wynters earlier on. She must have also


    seen the photos of Hannah when she was young.


    “Besides, Shermaine doesn’t feel like a kind person to me. With all those brutal things shemitted,


    she doesn’t really feel like part of our family. It was when I saw you back then that I realized we have


    been fooled by her. You’re such a kind youngdy… Oh, right, it’s almost year-end. You muste


    over to spend the holiday with us this year. We’re a family…” Sandra continued to ramble on.


    She seemed to have a lot to tell rissa, but the key message was her expression of fondness for


    rissa and their bond. As with Shermaine, Sandra simply referred to her as a disreputable person.


    Even before she knew that Shermaine and rissa had been switched, she had had no qualms in


    voicing her disfavor toward her niece, Shermaine.


    rissa was exceedingly embarrassed and didn’t know how to react to Sandra’s zest.


    Comparatively, Jacque and Matthew appeared much quieter than the two women.


    They chatted for a while about the Smallwoods and the current circumstances. Undoubtedly, they didn’t


    go deep into the subject either.


    After their tea session for the entire afternoon, Sandra wanted to have dinner with them. Her geniality


    was hard to decline, as rissa’s rejection would always be dismissed. Hence, she found it hard to


    turn her down, and so they went for dinner together. It was quite a coincidence for them that day.


    They would usually meet one or two acquaintances or friends when they went out for a meal, and that


    particr restaurant was where rissa met the Smallwoods couple for the first time and got into a


    disputeter. It so happened that the Smallwoods couple had alsoe to the restaurant that very day.


    James and Ka were treating someone to dinner; someone whom rissa didn’t recognize.


    That was not the point, though. The point was that when Ka saw that her brother and sister-inw


    were actually having dinner with rissa and Matthew and that Sandra even held hands with rissa


    so intimately, it felt like a fatal blow to Ka.


    At that point, Ka was struck dumb and almost stumbled giddily into her husband’s arms. Tears


    started streaming down her face almost immediately. Seeing as such, even rissa had to admit that


    she was impressed.


    Not even the female leads from those love stories of heartbreak could bring themselves to tears at


    such a rate that Ka did, neither would they appear as anguished as Ka was, and both these


    qualities weremonly disyed by those female leads who often yed a seemingly innocent and


    naive role.


    Her whimpering was ostentatious, and every single cell within her was theatrical at best.


    “Jacque, Sandra, how could you… Shermaine is still suffering in prison, yet you’re fraternizing with our


    enemy behind our back, and you’re so intimate together. Is this how you treat us and Shermaine? It’s


    totally unfair to us. If Shermaine finds out that her Uncle Jacque and Aunt Sandra who dote on her the


    most actually do such a thing in her back, how miserable would it be for her?” rissa was indifferent


    all the while, and there was even some aloofness in her eyes.


    She was silently watching Ka’s performance assisted by James at the side who keptforting her


    lowly.


    What a bummer. Sandra was annoyed, and her displeasure was also shown on her countenance. She


    didn’t want to entertain them either, so she took rissa’s hand and started, “Let’s go in. Jacque, you


    deal with it.”


    That’s his sister, anyway. It had always frustrated Sandra to have to tolerate Sandra and her husband.


    Now that she was with rissa and Matthew, she could finally stop pretending.


    Jacque frowned as he found himself in a difficult position. He smiled rather apologetically at Matthew


    and rissa before turning to face his sister and brother-inw.


    “Ka, let’s talk about this when we’re home.”


    “Talk about this at home?”


    Ka didn’t n to give in so easily; she prepared to badger them. Hence, when she saw Sandra


    leading them forward into the restaurant, she stopped crying and demanded as she turned to Jacque,


    “Jacque, what do you mean by this? And Sandra, stop right there. What are you trying to do? My


    biological daughter and your favorite niece have been framed and jailed by these two people, and she’s


    still in deep water in the prison. Yet, as her uncle and aunt, you don’t even consider helping her.


    Instead, here you are, having dinner and associating with this enemy. You… How can you be so


    heartless and cruel? Aren’t you fear of retribution?”