Caught In His Embrace: A Second Chance Romance

Chapter 123

Seeing Sienna hesitating. Charles gave Derek a quick order.

“Derek, bring a few more scripts for Sienna. Sienna, take these home and study the role of the second female lead carefully. No rush… you’ve got time to prepare,” he said

Caught off guard by his kindness, Sienna hesitated but eventually nodded. “Alright, Mr. Carter

This week, Howard was set to move back to the Flynn residence from the hospital. What he needed most now was rehabilitation, something that could easily be done at home. The familiar environment and the presence of family would also help his recovery.

Sienna received the news directly from Miranda.

“Sienna, you must come over, Let’s all sit down for a proper family meal together,” she said..

“I understand, Miranda.” Sienna nodded.

Without any objections, Sienna agreed. When she arrived, however, she didn’t see Howard or Miranda. Instead, Josiah was out on the balcony, smoking.

Charles’s words came to mind, making Sienna uneasy. ‘Could it really be true? Did Josiah blacklist Enio in the industry… for me she wondered.

Before she could step inside, Yvette came down the stairs

and walked straight to the balcony.

“Josiah, why did you do it?” Yvette’s brows furrowed in clear discontent.

“What are you talking about?” Josiah flicked the ash off his cigarette, looking puzzled.

“Enio,” Yvette said pointedly. “My charity promo, right in the middle of production, the producer is gone? I heard you blacklisted Ento in the industry!”

“Oh, him.” Josiah nodded slightly. “Yeah, that’s true.”

His offhand tone made Yvette laugh in frustration. “Are you serious? Did you not know I was working with him? This promo was his investment!”

blacklisted, the promo was

his cigarette. “Do you

time at the project launch party, when he put his arm around my

confirmation enough. I told you then not to work with people like him, lowlifes who can’t keep

like he actually did anything to me.” No, Enio hadn’t

“Do we really have to wait until he does something worse to deal with

If he found out about this, trust

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fell silent at that. To eutsiders,

demeanor was precisely why he was so formidable. A truly mild–mannered person wouldn’t be capable of leading

promo. If you really want to do it, you can

paying attention because, honestly, she didn’t care anymore. She

goodness. See? There’s no way Josiah

That made sense. That was how it

a newfound lightness in her step. Miranda was

Miranda, Howard, Sienna

set down the book she

come just in time. Howard’s been complaining that I’m

could that be?” Sienna

him talking as soon as possible, but look

laugh. “Miranda, maybe we should try a different

probably too long. It’s tough for Howard to follow along.” As she spoke, she pulled out a stack of flashcards from her bag, the kind kindergarten kids use to learn words. Holding them up, Sienna smiled at Howard. “Howard, here you go. Read these one by one, a word at

was leaning against his wheelchair. He gave Sienna a

“Okay…” he murmured.

hands, beaming.

from the basics, like a child, to reawaken his cognitive and physical functions.

speak, she had bought these exact flashcards and taught her one word at a time. So, she

waking up and coming home. Don’t rush. It’ll get better,

gave a slow but deliberate

in, one after the other. Seeing the