Luckily, they didn’t figure out her real identity.
As Clary, she had only helped Ellie by wearing her new designs in her live broadcast, but her looks were unforgettable.
Someone posted her photos online and raved on about how gorgeous she was.
Soon, a popular page reposted that post and caused Clarissa’s popularity to skyrocket.
Clarissa had only helped Ellie model her clothes and had never done other photoshoots, but that didn’t stop her from gaining popularity.
Netizens complimented her for being breathtakingly beautiful. Some even said she reminded them of their first love.
They hailed her as the prettiest model ever.
Clarissa hadn’t read their texts yet, but Jeremy and the others immediately liked the post.
That caused the topic to trend even more.
The netizens started guessing that this model would soon end up with one of those rich brats.
In the end, the comments got stranger and stranger. Jeremy hadn’t expected that.
He hurriedly informed Clarissa so Matthew wouldn’t misunderstand their intentions.
Yarick sent a voice message in the group chat anxiously: “Clarissa, Jeremy and I did nothing but like the post. I can’t believe how disgusting those people are! Do we fool around with pretty women often? How could they think that way? Jeremy can prove I never fool around with women!”
Jeremy’s voice message followed: “Clarissa, Matt doesn’t know about it yet, right?”
Clarissa heaved a sigh of relief. I thought it was something serious.
The photo from my model shoot is trending now. That might seem overwhelming, but at least my identity isn’t revealed.
Anyway, I’ve only helped Ellie by becoming her model once. That was it.
Well, it’s not that serious as Yarick and Jeremy thought.
“I don’t think he knows. He doesn’t use social media often. Besides, it’s not that serious. No one knows who I am. It’s just a photo.”
“They will know! If they run a search, your friends will expose you willingly!”
Yarick added: “Jeremy, Clarissa doesn’t want to reveal her identity. Help her out by removing her name from the trending topics. We’ll be in deep shit if they discover who she is.”
Henry: I’ll do that. No one will reveal her true identity. Even if they do, their posts will get deleted immediately.
Clarissa let out a chuckle. She was grateful for their help.
“Thank you. Why don’t you guys come to Zen Highlands one day for a home-cooked meal prepared by me?”
“Sure, sure. That’s great. Thanks, Clarissa!” Yarick replied with a voice message hastily.
In reality, he was salivating at the thought of the delicious meal he had with Jeremy back then in Zen Highlands. There was a hint of desperation in his voice.
Jeremy was slightly more reserved, but he replied too.
Henry knew nothing about Clarissa’s cooking skills, but he knew she must be an excellent cook seeing how desperate Yarick was.
As Matthew’s friends agreed to her suggestion, Clarissa took it seriously.
That very night, she told Matthew about it.
After listening to her explanation, Matthew gazed at her without a word. She couldn’t stop herself from fidgeting uncomfortably under his intent gaze.
“W-What’s wrong? Why are you staring at me?”
Clarissa couldn’t understand his reaction. “Was I being presumptuous?” she inquired uneasily.
Taking her hand, Matthew pulled her into his arms.
As he pinched her earlobe gently, he uttered, “Clare, I’m your boyfriend. Am I that useless to you?”
“Huh?” Clarissa was confused.
Useless?
As Clarissa obviously didn’t get it, Matthew’s gaze darkened.
“Clare, I’m your boyfriend. Why did you ask other people for help instead of me?”
Oh, so he’s jealous because I didn’t ask for his help regarding the post that blew up on Twitter.
But that isn’t a huge issue. Besides, Yarick and Jeremy offered to help. I couldn’t reject them, could I?
I can’t believe he’s jealous over such a trivial matter. That was his conclusion?
Clarissa blinked and giggled out loud.
“Are you very happy?” Matthew demanded coolly. Obviously, he was upset as his girlfriend didn’t ask for his help.
It didn’t occur to her that I’m her boyfriend. That’s important.
As he seemed to be brooding, Clarissa flashed him an appeasing smile.
“They offered to help in the group chat, so I didn’t think much and thanked them for it. It’s nothing big after all.”
“Clarissa Quigley.”
Matthew ignored her smile and insisted icily, “That isn’t the problem. Are you aware that I’m your boyfriend? By right, you should only depend on me and ask for my help.”
“Yes, you are. Of course.”
Clarissa grinned and patted his chest to console him.
“My boyfriend is Matthew Tyson. That I know.”
“You don’t.”
“I do. Don’t worry. Next time, I’ll ask for your help no matter what, alright? You can’t blame me for disturbing you if you’re busy at work.”
Clarissa didn’t want to disturb him as he was busy.
As his girlfriend, she thought she was being thoughtful.
Alas, the man clearly didn’t think that way.
Matthew looked at her innocent gaze and harrumphed coldly.
Look, she’s brushing me off with a smile and kiss. Does she think I’ll let her off easily?
Matthew thought. Well, even if she throws herself at me, I won’t back down easily.
A few minutes later…
Mm, if she is this willing every time and smooches me often or do even more, I might consider letting her off for disregarding me.
Clarissa had no idea what was going in Matthew’s mind.
Even if she found out about his musings, she’d tag him as a drama king.
After that, Matthew even spoke up in the group chat because of this matter.
Matt: I’ll take care of my girlfriend’s problem.
Yarick sent a voice message: “Oh, my! Here comes Matt! What a miracle!”
Clarissa burst out laughing at Yarick’s exaggerated and funny voice.
She fell into Matthew’s arm while chuckling. The man grabbed the chance to wrap his arms around her.
Jeremy sent a voice message, too.
“Matt, I’ve already dealt with Clarissa’s matter. Don’t tell me you ordered someone to kick up a fuss again to deal with it again?”
Matt: Why not?
Yarick: Matt, you’re so macho! That’s impressive!
Chuckling lightly, Clarissa gave Matthew a slight push.
“Stop it. It’s over. Why do you want to bring it up again? I promise I’ll ask for your help no matter what, alright?”
“Uh-huh. Who else will you go to for help?”
Clarissa’s lips curved up in amusement.
Planting a loud smack on the corners of his lips, she played along with him. “Yes, you’re right. I’ll be an obedient girlfriend.”
Matthew placed his palm behind her head and brought her closer for an intimate French kiss.
Those in the group chat were still chatting and sending money to each other happily.
Normally, Clarissa would join in and accept the money transfer, but today, she didn’t do so.
Yarick was puzzled: Where’s Clarissa? She hasn’t accepted my transfer yet. @Clarissa
After a long silence, Jeremy replied with a voice message: “Yarick, do you know what time it is?”
“8 p.m. What about it? I know what you’re trying to say. But it’s too early for sex, isn’t it?”
“That’s none of your business. Perhaps Matt and Clarissa like to start early. Can’t they?”
“Fine, fine. Pfft, it’s only 8 p.m. Well, they are working out after dinner. Sounds like a brilliant plan.”
After what happened in Tyson Corporation previously, Shermaine disappeared entirely from the Tysons’ life.
Even if she wanted to talk to them, the Tysons would refuse to see her.
Especially Margaret.
Margaret wanted Shermaine to be her daughter-in-law, but she was disappointed as Shermaine teamed up with the Wynters to take revenge on them as it didn’t work out.
When that happened, Margaret was so furious she arranged plenty of blind dates for Matthew and forced her son to meet them all.
Later on, even if Matthew obliged and went, she realized this wouldn’t do after she calmed down.
Margaret stopped arranging blind dates lest her relationship with her younger son turned sour.
She did everything for her son’s sake, but Matthew had always been an uncontrollable one. For all these years, they had never been at odds. After Shermaine’s incident, Margaret finally realized she wouldn’t want to mess with her son.
Luckily, that was in the past. Even if Shermaine bombarded her phone every day to beg for forgiveness, there was no way Margaret would forgive her.
Right now, Margaret couldn’t help but exhale loudly after hanging up on Shermaine.
Ellie was at home, which was a rare sight. After finding out Shermaine would call every day to beg for forgiveness, she was impressed.
Shermaine knows when to give in. I’ve got to hand it to her!
“Grandma, you don’t like her, right? Why did you answer her call? That’s a waste of your time. Besides, she’s good at sweet-talking her way into your heart. What if you soften and forgive her? If she marries my uncle, the Wynters will do whatever they please in our family!”
Ellie was exaggerating, but she knew if she didn’t phrase it that way, her grandma might cave in.
“I didn’t forgive her. She told me it was all the Wynters’ doing. After she found out about that, she told them to stop.”
“You seriously trust her lies? Why don’t you kick my uncle out and take her as your daughter?”
