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

understand, Thomas. Thanks, Cedric said, trying to hide his

let down, it was easy to imagine how Sienna

was the point of staying sad? Things had

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

even if she felt frustrated, life still

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

smile. “I made this mistake

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responsibility for

anyone but

what are your plans?”

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

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

plans right

wasn’t something she had

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

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 willing, you

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

just give me some time to

current role as a backup dancer won’t last much longer. What

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 give it

was shaped by one’s own decisions. How she

an opportunity whether it would work out was

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

He gave

shoulder. Trust me. You won’t regret this.

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

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

Carter, Sienna is here,”

up as soon as

Mr. Carter,” Sienna said, standing

genuinely satisfied with her. In this industry,

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