Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

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The waiter came over, listing the dishes as he placed them on the table.

Sienna picked up her fork, eager to dig in.

“Wait a minute.” Just as she was about to take a bite, Cedric stopped her.

He smiled, holding up his phone. “Let me take a picture.

He opened the camera app and snapped a few quick shots. “All done. Now you can cat”

At Mousea House, Yosef opened his phone and snickered. “Heywell…”

“What’s so funny?” Josiah asked, looking up from his seat.

“Forget it.” Yosef’s smile faded as he spoke. “You really don’t need to know. It’s better if you don’t, to avoid making things

worse

Josiah shot him an eye roll, stood up, and headed for the bathroom.

Once inside, he pulled out his phone, opened Instagram, and immediately spotted Cedric’s latest post.

Cedric: [Dinner.] The post was simple, accompanied by a picture of the meal. There were no people visible in the image, but you could make out two figures in the background.

The tall one was definitely Cedric, and the smaller one… It didn’t take much to figure out who that was. And, to top it off, Sienna had liked the post

Josiah quickly turned away from the screen, pressing his phone off and shoving it into his pocket. ‘Why am I making myself miserable over something like this” he wondered.

Wait… why am I even upset? Hopefully, I will get over it soon, he thought. He tried to push the feeling aside, convincing himself it would pass soon enough.

The situation with Thomas’s mom trying to help Sienna had, as expected, not gone

well.

Thomas had passed on the message to Cedric. “Sorry, I couldn’t get it done. My mom tried to help, but Ms. Scott wouldn’t budge

It wasn’t Brenda’s fault. She had already gone out of her way to help her friend, but Sienna had made a mistake, and there was no way around it

Thanks, Cedric said, trying

it was easy to imagine how Sienna was feeling. But in reality, Sienna was doing far better than

of course. But what was the point of staying sad? Things had already happened. There was no

years at Fliraty, she’d been through far worse. Being stuck in sorrow was never her

it, even if she felt frustrated, life still

feeling guilty for not being

with a reassuring smile. “I made this mistake myself. You don’t

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responsibility for our

blame anyone but herself for

plans?” Cedric asked, clearly still

production team. If the opportunity comes up, I’ll see if I can find something

wasn’t exactly happy about it, but when he found out, he reached

have other plans right now, have you thought about pursuing

hesitated. Honestly, it wasn’t something she had

only reason she had taken on the acting job was to earn some extra money. But now, with the alimony from Josiah, she didn’t need to

it a shot. With your looks, being a backup dancer seems like such a waste. Even Mr. Carter said that

about money, just based on their looks. And, well, God had already given

me some time

not pushing her. “But think it through. The current role as a backup

film and was looking to cast new talent. He had

anyone. After giving it some

was shaped by one’s own decisions. How she navigated this new road would depend

was an opportunity whether it would work out was

decision with Derek, he was thrilled. “Great, I’m really glad you

He gave

a friendly pat on the shoulder. Trust me. You won’t regret this. Sienna,

final say in this matter. He was Charles’assistant director, and when it came to casting, the final

in a good position to speak up for Sienna in front of

Sienna is here,” said

soon as he heard,

Sienna said, standing

genuinely satisfied with her. In this industry, looks were

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try your hamHin the industry?”