Chapter 256

Bella Gallant had been gently massaging Paul Hartwell’s temples the whole time. Clearly, Paul was totally wiped out. The guy who never snored was now snoring on and off like an old engine starting up. Normally, Bella would’ve found it hilarious and poked his nose for fun or sneaked a recording on her phone. But not today. Today, all she felt was worry. God knows how long it had been since he actually got decent sleep. He looked truly beat. An hour passed in a flash, but Bella didn’t want to wake him. He looked like he needed more rest. But Paul, like he had an internal alarm clock wired into his brain, woke up right on the hour to the minute. Bella glanced at him. “It’s still early. Why don’t you sleep a bit longer?” Paul shook his head, rubbing his brows lightly. "Nah, I’m good. Since there’s still time, I wanna be with you a bit more.” After all that effort just to see Bella, he wasn’t about to waste the time sleeping. Even though exhaustion was practically written all over his face,