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

the point of staying sad? Things had already happened. There was no use dwelling on

through far worse.

regretted it, even if she felt

feeling guilty for not

say that,” Sienna replied with a reassuring smile. “I made this mistake myself. You don’t need

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responsibility for

blame anyone but

what are your plans?” Cedric asked,

team. If the opportunity comes up, I’ll see

exactly happy about it, but when he found out, he reached out to

other plans right now, have you thought about pursuing a

wasn’t something she had

acting job was to earn some extra

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,

without worrying about money, just based on their looks. And,

me some time to think

think it through. The current role as a backup

to cast new talent. He had already been impressed with Sienna, which made

After giving it some thought, Sienna decided

rough place. She understood that the path one took was shaped by one’s own

right now was an opportunity whether it

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

He gave

Trust me. You won’t regret this.

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

up for Sienna in

is here,” said

soon as he

said,

genuinely satisfied with her. In

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