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

Thanks, Cedric said, trying to hide his

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

what was the point of staying sad? Things had already happened. There was

Fliraty, she’d been through far worse. Being stuck in sorrow was never her

even if she felt

furrowing his brow, feeling guilty for not being able

say that,” Sienna replied with a reassuring smile. “I made

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to take responsibility

couldn’t blame anyone but

what are your plans?” Cedric asked, clearly

next?” Sienna responded honestly, “Right now, I’m working with a production team. If the

He wasn’t exactly happy about it, but when he found out, he reached out to Sienna with

other plans right now, have you thought about pursuing a

Sienna hesitated. Honestly, it wasn’t something she

earn some extra money.

being a backup dancer seems

money, just based

give me some time to think about

The current role as a backup dancer

preparing a new film and was looking to cast new talent. He had already been

for anyone. After giving it some

that the path one took was

all she had right now was an opportunity whether it

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

He gave

Trust me. You won’t

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

for Sienna in

is

as soon as he heard,

Mr. Carter,” Sienna said, standing still

with her. In

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