Chapter 176

BELLA

I woke up with kisses on my cheeks. Yawning, I peeked an eye open to glare at my mates before I closed them back. We did little last night, but it felt like we did a lot. My back especially was hurting me like nothing else. 

“Come on, darling,” Blue said as he held my hand. “It's time to get up from the bed, time to grace the entire world with your loving presence.”

“But I don't want that!” I stubbornly lay on the bed, not getting up at all. I didn't want that. I wanted to lie on the bed throughout the day, only waking up when my body asked me to. 

“But we do.”

My mates were insisting. I couldn't continue sleeping because there was no way I could do that, not with them buzzing around my ears like houseflies. 

Letting out a frustrated sigh, I got up from the bed. Stretching my arms, I glared at them. “What's wrong? Why did you wake me so early? The last time I checked, I didn't have any meetings set for the day. Do you —”