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

Cedric said, trying to hide his

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

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

Fliraty, she’d been through far

if she felt

I’m sorry,” Cedric said, furrowing his brow, feeling guilty for not being able

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

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take responsibility for

couldn’t blame anyone but herself

what are your plans?” Cedric asked, clearly still

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

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

dance studio anymore and don’t have other plans right now, have you thought about pursuing

it wasn’t something she had

reason she had taken on the acting job was to earn some extra money. But now, with the alimony from Josiah,

backup dancer seems like such a waste. Even Mr. Carter said that if you’re willing, you could really

without worrying about money, just based on their

me some time to think about it,” said

through. The current role as a backup dancer won’t last much longer. What will you do

new film and was looking to cast new talent. He had already been impressed with Sienna, which made

for anyone. After giving it some thought,

was a rough place. She understood that the path one took was shaped by one’s own decisions. How she navigated

was an opportunity whether it would work out

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

He gave

the shoulder. Trust me. You won’t regret this. Sienna, you’re

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

speak up for Sienna in front of Charles. After the rehearsal, Derek took her

Carter, Sienna is here,”

Charles looked up as soon as he heard, waving her

Mr. Carter,” Sienna said, standing still

with her. In

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