When Matthew stood up, he carried Clarissa to his lap and hugged her tightly despite how awkwardly she tried to struggle free from his grip.
He even pinched her cheeks to force her to look at him.
However, after meeting his deep gaze, she forgot about her rants and complaints.
Pursing her lips, she remained quiet.
He lowered his head and tenderly kissed her forehead. Then, he spoke with a deep voice, “Clare, no matter what I did, I know you still have feelings for me. So since we made up, can you not fuss about breaking up anymore?”
“Hmph! Are you sure that I won’t break up with you anymore?”
Well, I would be lying if I wanted to do it again. But can’t I be angry with him for setting me up?
As if he had seen through her, Matthew curled up his lips and leaned closer, teasing her, “Clare, Darling, don’t be mad. I’ll do whatever you want except breaking up.”
He was actually very forgiving of her.
Nonetheless, he could still tolerate it when she started throwing tantrums. However, it would be a challenge if she wanted a break-up because that would mean her ignoring him for practically the rest of his life.
Clarissa wrinkled her nose. Alright. Nothing else matters anymore since we made up. Besides, what can I do about it anyway?
With a sigh, she irritably pushed away his smiling face when their gaze met.
“Stop looking at me, ’cause you’re annoying! I mean, what else can I do? It doesn’t really matter anyway.”
Mathew chuckled darkly. “In that case, we’ll consider it my fault this time. If you just so happen to recall this at a later date, I’ll be willing to bear with whatever consequences that may occur, and I won’t make any noise about this. Alright?”
“Hmph! What do you mean by ‘consider it your fault time’? It is your fault!”
“Yes, yes. It’s all on me.”
Clarissa was eventually satisfied as she couldn’t let him get away so easily.
Fine. I’ll deal with him later, then.
“I won’t forget about this!” She warned with a grave expression.
Matthew smiled. “Alright.”
She suddenly felt that she should record everything he did to upset her from the day they met until now.
Thinking about this, she quickly took out her phone and recorded this matter in her notes.
Matthew looked at the woman who was excitedly typing on her phone. Knowing what she was doing, he sighed exasperatedly. Digging up the past is not something men would typically do, but alas, women are particularly good at it.
Meanwhile, Clarissa was furiously typing away on her phone as she thought about her past with Matthew. Let’s see… where shall we start?Hm… The first meeting – him being too frigid?
The second – being suspicious of me?
After that, he intentionally tested me and even introduced his friend to probe me…
Everything in the past popped out of her mind like it only happened yesterday.
Of course, she wasn’t afraid of Matthew reading through it. It was probably because she wanted him to know that she remembered everything, anyway.
At first, Matthew could still bear it, but the more he read, the more he felt that this woman was too petty.
In the end, he snatched her phone away and started getting intimate with her as he felt that it would be more worth it to make up for the time lost.
And so, Clarissa began her journey as the domineering president’s girlfriend again.
When it was time to start the new winter clothing photoshoot, Ellie apologized to Clarissa and tried to please her future aunt.
“Don’t be mad at me anymore, Aunt Clare. You know I had no other choice because Uncle Matt is a major shareholder of my studio, so I was compelled to do that…”
She was taken by surprise by how Ellie addressed her.
Seeing that, her friend teased her even more.
“Aunt Clare, please don’t be angry anymore. It’s my fault. Don’t be mad for the sake of our long-lasting friendship…”
“Ellie, stop calling me that.” Clarissa refuted in embarrassment, “If you say it one more time, I’ll get mad and won’t do the photoshoot anymore.”
“Hahaha… alright. Promise me you won’t be mad.”
Clarissa snorted, “I wasn’t anyway.”
“Now that’s more like it! What is there to be mad about when you’re so fortunate to have both love and a career? So, I was hoping you could hurry up and finish the photoshoot for me… Actually, I think you look prettier now that you’re in love. We can definitely increase our sales with such a lovely face of yours after the live broadcast. Ah, how lucky is Uncle Matt…”
“Ellie!” Clarissa yelled in embarrassment, and Ellie quickly shut her mouth.
Shortly afterward, the two had let it go.
While having their meals, Ellie told Clarissa about the matter.
“I really don’t know much, but I’ve heard a thing or two from Mr. Jeremy. He said they were using this to find fault with someone, but I have no idea who that ‘someone’ might be. However, I suspect that they were likely to go against the Wynters or to teach them a lesson. Hence, we can’t let them threaten us just because of Shermaine’s matter! Besides, Uncle Matt is the man! I don’t know how he did it, but he managed to solve the crisis by kicking out the troublemaker within the company and counterattacked the Wynters. Not only that, but he even found a helper of some sort. This means he’s even set a few traps!”
Clarissa bit her lip and was deep in thought. And here I was, thinking that Matthew is incompetent. I’m such an idiot!
Seeing Clarissa’s worried expression, Ellie laughed silently as she felt sorry for her friend.
Little did she know that she’s been played like a fool by Uncle Matt ever since the beginning.
Looks like “Aunt Clare” here had really fallen into his trap…
Nonetheless, Ellie would definitely not remind Clarissa about this.
“We’ll see if Shermaine still dares to cling to Uncle Matt this time. Hmph!”
“Well, there will still be other women besides Shermaine. Didn’t you say that your grandmother made him go on a blind date?”
Ellie became awkward and quickly explained, “That was just to annoy you, but of course, it backfired. Like who would know if you weren’t jealous just one bit?”
“Then why did you give me all the specific details? You told me about her family, job, age, looks, and you even informed me the place of their blind date.”
Clarissa looked at Ellie with a tight-lipped smile. That somehow made Ellie uneasy, and cold sweat soaked her back.
Left without a choice, she could only explain under Clarissa’s glare, “Well, it happened once or… twice? You know how my grandmother can be. She made Uncle Matt meet up with her, but you know he would never like her. He just wanted your attention.”
After hearing it, Clarissa’s troubled expression turned into a frustrated sigh.
“You don’t have to put it that way. I know that the Tysons wanted someone who has a similar social status.”
“That’s not true. It’s just Grandma who’s behind all this, but to be fair, she doesn’t know that Uncle Matt likes you. However, since she already likes you so much, she will be overjoyed if she knows that you’re her daughter-in-law-to-be. Besides, there aren’t many single ladies at that age around her, so don’t worry about Grandma too much when you and Uncle Matt decided to be official.”
Still, Clarissa shook her head. “That wasn’t what you’ve told me before. Didn’t you say they only wanted a marriage of convenience? You don’t have to assure me about your grandmother as nothing is set in stone. Besides, I don’t want the public to know about our relationship yet.”
“Oh… that’s fine too since you’re still young. It’s not that urgent…”
In all honesty, Ellie wasn’t confident in what she just said.
My grandmother may like Clare as my friend, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that she’ll like the idea of her being the daughter-in-law. I mean, they’re not exactly the same thing, so her decision may vary.
Nevertheless, Clarissa didn’t tell Matthew about her conversation with Ellie.
Worrying too much feels terrible enough. Besides, I just made up with Matthew. I’m not ready to face future problems yet. Besides, we may have broken up before we even encountered them. For now, let’s just do our best to love each other. It’s still too early to think about it anyway.
While Clarissa was entering her honeymoon phase, Shermaine was still suffering.
She had lost the support of the Wynters, and they wouldn’t be as keen to help her marry into the Tysons. In fact, the Wynters themselves were in a crisis, so nobody would even care about her.
At that moment, Shermaine felt like she had been abandoned.
Moreover, her only way of relying on the Wynters failed, so it would be even more challenging for her to approach Matthew from then on.
She could only accept the reality reluctantly.
Hence, she became very ill-tempered, and she would have a fit whenever something went wrong.
As a result, the people around her distanced themselves from her. At the same time, Lizzie had even resigned as Shermaine’s manager.
But who would be willing to help Shermaine?
Thus, Lizzie couldn’t bear it any longer.
Even at that stage, Shermaine had rejected plenty of offers, with the reason that she would be married soon. Meanwhile, Lizzie was focusing on the growth of another artist. Hence, when Shermaine had hit a stump in her relationship and wanted to start working again, she realized that there were no opportunities left.
Filled with rage, Shermaine rushed to the workplace of the other artist and slapped her, clearly ignoring the consequences. Unfortunately, her arrogant behavior had been videotaped.
Unwilling to back down, the artist fought back and made a scene.
