Chapter 53. Ben’s Call

12:10 am

After she talked with her sister, Belle had a shower and decided to go to sleep. She was tired for some reason, even though she hadn’t done much during her day.

Still sleeping, her phone rang, waking her up. She checked under the pillow where she now always kept it before she went to sleep every night.

Turning to face the ceiling and sleepily taking the call without checking the name, she heard a voice that made her smile;

“Belle,” It was Ben.

“Yeah.” She smiled more as she heard him call her name like he always did.

“Were you asleep?” He asked when he noticed her voice seemed to be lower than usual, as if she just woken up from sleep.

“What do you think?” She pushed all the hair that was disturbing her face backward, lying back