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

Thomas. Thanks, Cedric said, trying to hide

was easy to imagine how Sienna

was the point of staying sad? Things had already

at Fliraty, she’d been through far worse. Being stuck in sorrow was

if she felt frustrated,

furrowing his brow, feeling guilty

made this mistake myself. You don’t need

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have to take responsibility

blame anyone but herself for

plans?” Cedric asked, clearly

responded honestly, “Right now, I’m working with a production team. If the opportunity comes up, I’ll see

happy about

anymore and don’t have other plans right now, have you

Sienna hesitated. Honestly, it wasn’t something she had

some extra money.

urged her to think about it. “You should give it a shot. With your looks, being a backup dancer seems like such a waste. Even Mr. Carter said that if you’re

lucky enough to live their lives without worrying about money, just based on their looks. And,

give me some time to think about it,”

her. “But think it through. The current role as a backup dancer won’t last much longer. What will you do after

Charles was preparing a new film and was looking to cast new talent. He had already been impressed with Sienna,

anyone. After giving it some thought, Sienna decided to

understood that the path one took was shaped by one’s own decisions. How she navigated this new road

opportunity whether it would

he was thrilled. “Great, I’m really glad you made the

He gave

shoulder. Trust me. You won’t regret this. Sienna, you’re going to be a huge

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

position to speak up for Sienna in front of Charles. After the

Carter, Sienna is

as

Carter,” Sienna said, standing still and

it over?” Charles seemed genuinely satisfied with her. In this industry, looks were still the most

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hamHin the industry?”