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

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

was upset after everything happened, of course. But what was the point of

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

she regretted it, even if she

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

Sienna replied with a reassuring smile. “I made this mistake myself. You

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have to take responsibility for our

anyone but herself

are your plans?” Cedric asked, clearly still

“Right now, I’m working with a production team. If

about her being kicked out of the dance so, He wasn’t exactly happy about it, but when he found out, he reached out to Sienna with

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

wasn’t something she

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

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 willing, you could

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

please, just give me some time

think it through. The current role as a backup dancer won’t last much longer. What will you do after this job is

to cast new talent. He had already

After giving it some thought,

She understood that the path one took was shaped by

an opportunity whether it would work

thrilled.

He gave

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

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

for Sienna in

Carter, Sienna is

as soon as he heard, waving

said, standing still

Charles seemed genuinely satisfied with her. In this industry, looks were

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to try your hamHin the industry?”