Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

Chapter 118

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

said, trying

feeling this let down, it was easy to imagine how Sienna was feeling. But in reality, Sienna was

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

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

if she regretted it, even if she felt frustrated, life

feeling guilty for not being

with a reassuring smile. “I made this mistake myself.

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have to take responsibility

anyone but herself for

are your plans?” Cedric asked,

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

kicked out of the dance so, He wasn’t exactly happy about it, but

and don’t have other plans right now, have you thought about pursuing a

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

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

think about it. “You should give it a shot. With your looks, being a backup dancer seems like such a

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

give me some time to think about it,” said

a backup dancer won’t last much longer. What will you do after

film and was looking to cast new

After giving it some thought,

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

right now was an opportunity whether it would work out was still

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

He gave

friendly pat on the shoulder. Trust me. You won’t regret this. Sienna, you’re going to be

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

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

Sienna is here,” said Derek.

looked up as soon as he

Carter,” Sienna said,

genuinely satisfied with her. In this industry, looks were still

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