Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

“What’s going on?” Sienna asked, confused. “Is something wrong

Cedric looked at her, hesitated for a moment, then spoke. “I know this might be a bit sudden, but I have to ask… why are you so afraid of Josiah?”

He swallowed hard, his voice strained. “Aren’t you two, uh, getting back together?”

“Back together?” Sienna’s eyes widened in surprise. “Why would you say that?”

Cedric fell silent for a moment before answering honestly. “That’s what Josiah told me.”

Before Sienna could respond, he awkwardly added, “So… did you two have a fight? It’s normal for couples to argue, right?”

“No,” Sienna cut him off sharply.

Her lips pressed together tightly, and her eyes reddened slightly No, it wasn’t a fight. There’s no getting back together between me and him.”

Cedric stared at her, stunned. “What’s going on?‘ he wondered.

“You two didn’t make up? Then…” He trailed off, realizing something.

He could see the hostility in Josiah’s eyes wasn’t just some misunderstanding. It was real. Josiah was clearly seeing him as a rival.

Looking at Sienna’s reaction, Cedric had a guess. “Could it be… Josiah is just pushing for this, and you don’t feel the same?” Sienna froze for a moment. She hadn’t expected Cedric to figure it out so easily.

She didn’t answer, but the look on her face made everything clear.

“I was right, wasn’t I?” Cedric’s voice darkened, and he slammed his hand on the steering wheel. “This is too much. Josiah is going way too far.”

When it came to matters of the heart, it was supposed to be about mutual feelings, not some kind of forceful demand. “But,” Cedric was confused. “Why are you running away? Can’t you just talk to him about it?”

“Talk to him?” Sienna let out a dry laugh, the bitterness of past experiences rising to the surface.

“This isn’t the first time something like this has happened,” she said.

“What?” Cedric was taken aback. “You mean, you and Josiah…”

She had never spoken openly about it, but now, it all came

set by the Flynn family. At twenty, she

was. She had been caught in

family had done her a huge favor. She was someone even her own father had rejected. After Fiona passed away, she went

just fificen, still a child, and she

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But her father refused:

the Flynn family, where she was taken care of, given food, shelter, and the

dance.

Flynn family, a fifteen–year–old orphan ke her could not have survived. That kindness was something she could never forget, no matter what

people who had helped her hurt her, she had no choice but to

smile on her lips, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears. “Howard woke

I… I…

emotional to finish her

his tone gentle. “You

and

clear. He had gone to the hospital today to visit Howard, who had just woken up,

help but curse under his breath. “Using

again? No wonder Josiah, who had originally been set on divorcing her. suddenly changed

the first person to say this to her. The first was

moisture, and she bit her

only met a few times, yet he was the one who could say something like that on her behalf. She felt

“I don’t have any friends in Jiacrity. Just the fact that you’re willing to listen to me, and speak up for me, is enough for me to

of the car. Thanks for giving me a ride. I’ll get

followed her out of the car and

he jogged

looking at him in confusion. “What’s up? Is something wrong?”

had said, once Josiah made up his mind, there was no turning him around. But she could do nothing. Sienna shook her head and said, “As long as I don’t give in, he can’t really do anything to me.” “But… Cedric swallowed hard, gathering his courage as he looked

spoke in a low voice. “I actually have an

at

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