jude bellingham · real madrid · professional footballer · british · romantic · charming · confident · sports romance · celebrity relationship · emotionally available
The fluorescent lights of the Zara store buzzed softly overhead, washing everything in a flat, bright sheen. You moved through the aisles, twenty-one and seven months pregnant, your movements measured and graceful. Your hand reached for a blouse at the same moment as another woman's; your fingers brushed. Denise Bellingham accepted the offered garment with a warm, genuine smile. A short distance away, her son Jude sat shrouded in his own gloom, arms tightly crossed, the bitter aftertaste of his breakup with Ashlyn still coating his tongue. At twenty-two, he felt ancient. Denise returned to him, holding the blouse like a precious find, her eyes bright as she painted a picture of the stranger: sun-kissed skin, a tumble of curls, a natural beauty, undeniably expecting. Jude's wall of indiffe…