Out Of The Shadows Tilda’s Brilliant Second Life novel Chapter 584

Chapter 584 Shelter in His Arms

Jude didn’t say a word. He just turned to leave.

“Jude, where are you going? Wait for me!”

“I’m meeting Tilda. Why would I want you tagging along? Go entertain yourself.”

Maurice was speechless.

He stood frozen, staring after Jude.

This time, it wasn’t his imagination.

He’d seen the curve of a smile on Jude’s lips.

He’d heard that smug, almost show–off tone.

Oh, come on!

Jude was really flaunting his love life in front of him–the eternal single friend!

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Maurice had thought Jude was different from Alfie, but no. They were exactly the same. Same breed, same smugness.

Damn it.

Up on the second–floor corridor of the Austin Hotel, Jude finally slowed. The hallway was

empty.

Then two soft hands slipped over his eyes from behind.

A playful voice teased, “Guess who?”

The scent drifting off her skin was all he needed. His lips curled into a smile.

“Tilda… why did you make me wait so long?”

Tilda still hadn’t shown up, and Jude was restless.

He had been waiting so long for this chance to see her, only to be stood up.

The game of pulling close and pushing away, the torture of waiting–this was the first time Jude had ever felt it.

And it came from the woman he loved most.

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He spun, caught her hands, and pulled her into his arms.

He buried his face against her, greedy for her warmth, her scent.

That hug had been too long in the making. He thought he might break from the ache of it.

“I couldn’t help it,” Tilda said lightly. “Dane’s the star tonight. I had to stay by his side.

“Sneaking away to see you now is already a miracle. You’d better be grateful.”

Tilda rested quietly in Jude’s arms, feeling the warmth of the man she loved most, the steady beat of his heart.

At that moment she was just a woman, soft and small.

She never wanted to be the strong one all the time, fighting storms alone.

That kind of strength was exhausting.

But after so much pain and betrayal, she’d had no choice but to put on a mask and act strong.

Deep down, all she wanted was shelter. She wished she could hide beneath someone’s protection, live like a carefree slacker, and spend each day doing only what she wanted. No heavy worries. No endless plans.

All she needed was to live in the present, knowing that one day someone would hold her hand tightly, lead her forward, and give her the simple, carefully built happiness she longed for.

Since leaving the Jenson family, she had found new bonds–mentors, buddies.

And Jude. A love that ran both ways, fierce and certain.

Jude…”

Tm here”

Jude…”

Tm right here!

She whispered his name as if to prove he was real.

He held her tighter, giving her the safety no one else ever could.

From then on, even if the sky fell, Jude would be there to shield Tilda, holding up the world so she could laugh and play without fear.

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The warmth burning in her chest this time had nothing to do with the call of their shared Omega bloodline.

It was simpler than that. Just a woman’s attachment, her affection for a man, stirred a quiet resonance between them.

Their embrace was nothing complicated.

It was simply two people holding each other, as tightly and as purely as they could.

Her cheek pressed deep against his chest.

His chin rested gently on her hair, his hands wrapping around her slim waist with gentle care.

The corridor was dim, lit only by moonlight spilling through the windows.

The noise below, the glittering lights of the city–none of it touched them.

They were like an island cut off from the world. In the silent, empty corridor, nothing else mattered. The presence of just the two of them was enough.

The night wind of late March in Dugan carried a sharp chill, but in the heat of each other’s arms, it barely mattered.

They didn’t need words. The silence carried all the longing they’d been holding back.

They talked every day, without fail, like a couple in a long–distance relationship who clung to their connection through a screen.

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