You’ll Fall for Me, Today or Tomorrow novel Chapter 336

Catherine sounded like she was in a dilemma over the phone.

“Clare, actually, it’s your Aunt Gloria who needs your help. Even though I don’t want to see her as well, it is a matter of life and death, so…”

Before Catherine could finish her sentence, Clarissa could already hear Gloria bawling on the other end of the line.

“Oh! My poor daughter! Clary, I’ll kneel down to you if you would save my daughter. Please save Mimi! Please forgive me and help me this once…”

Clarissa frowned. Even without seeing her in person, Clarissa could imagine the way Gloria was kicking up a fuss.

Clarissa said to her grandmother, “Did she force you to do this? If you don’t feel comfortable telling me now, just get Jenny to chase her away. I will let Jenny know. But if you really feel like helping her, you can let me know as well. As long as it is within my means, I will definitely help.”

Catherine understood what Clarissa meant and let out a sigh.

“Clare, let’s just help her if it’s possible. However, I am quite certain that she did not tell me the whole truth. So, if in the midst of helping her, you realize something does not seem right, you can stop anytime. Feel free to exercise your own judgment.”

“Sure. Pass the phone to her and let her tell me what exactly happened, then.”

Catherine passed the phone to Gloria immediately. When Gloria took over the phone and was about to start crying again, Clarissa shut her up with one sentence before she could do that.

“If you start crying, I might not have the patience to listen to your story.”

Gloria kept quiet at once after hearing that.

“Just get straight to the point.”

Sounding slightly timid, Gloria started speaking softly, “Mimi was captured but she’s innocent! Even though she can be quite selfish, she does not have any malicious intent…”

“Be clear. Who captured her?”

A sense of guilt rose in Gloria’s chest and she answered in an even weaker voice, “The p-police.”

“What did you say?”

“The p-police.”

Clarissa sighed when she heard what her aunt said.

Gloria rushed to explain, “Clary, I’m sure the police made a mistake. My dear Mimi would never commit any crimes. I’m sure of that. She’s such a good kid, she won’t…”

“If you’re so sure that she’s innocent, why should you be afraid? The police won’t wrongly accuse anyone. You should just wait for them to investigate.”

“No no, Clary, Mimi is definitely innocent. But the people in there will hurt her. Besides, she… she…”

Just then, Clarissa saw Matthew carrying Damian downstairs. Apparently, the father-son pair had already finished talking about their secret.

Running out of patience, she said straightforwardly, “If you want me to save Mimi, you have to tell me the truth. Otherwise, I have no time to waste with you.”

Gloria hesitated and did not speak for a long time. As such, Clarissa ended the call without waiting for her any longer.

“Mommy… Mommy… Are you upset?”

Damian wriggled out of his father’s arms and ran toward Clarissa, who was sitting on the couch. Climbing onto the sofa and into his mother’s arms, the boy stroked Clarissa’s face lovingly.

Clarissa smiled and pouted before complaining, “Yeah, I’m upset. Because my darling didn’t share his secret with me. I feel so left out. That’s why I’m upset.”

Damian felt bad at once and patted Clarissa’s shoulders gently before putting his chubby arms around her neck.

“Mommy, don’t be angry,” the boy said before planting a kiss on her cheeks in a perfunctory manner, acting just like a teenager.

“There, I’ll give you a kiss so you can’t be upset anymore.”

In the end, Damian still did not let Clarissa in on the secret.

Clarissa looked toward Matthew, but the smile on the man’s face clearly told her that he had no intention of getting involved.

As such, Clarissa had no choice but to give up knowing. She hugged her son tightly and gave him a forceful kiss on his cheek. The boy chuckled and started playing with her.

“Daddy, Daddy! Help! Help me…”

Clarissa pretended to be a witch and started teasing Damian while Damian pretended to be really frightened and started screaming for help. He even started giving instructions to Clarissa on what to say and telling her how he would react. Not only was he engrossed in playing his part as an actor, but the boy was also trying to be a director, briefing the adults on what to do.

However, after just a while, the family’s play was interrupted as Clarissa’s phone rang again.

She took a glance at the number and picked up.

It was Catherine on the line as Gloria had probably known that Clarissa would not be willing to answer her call, given the way their previous conversation ended.

“Clary, I’ve managed to find out what happened. It was Mimi’s boyfriend who was suspected of committing the crime. She was also under suspicion and arrested only because she was close to him. Mimi doesn’t really know anything about it. Perhaps, she is really innocent, so…”

Clarissa understood what her grandmother wanted to say and replied, “I’ll get Matthew to ask around.”

Catherine kept quiet at the mention of Matthew. Since the man was brought into the conversation, Catherine knew that she should not speak any further.

In fact, all of them knew very well what the truth was.

“If she’s really innocent, this will be the last time we are helping her. However, if it turns out that she’s guilty, we won’t bother about her anymore.”

Clarissa let out a sigh after the call ended. Then, she rested her chin casually on the couch’s armrest and looked at Matthew. Imitating his mother, Damian also let out a sigh and rested on Clarissa.